Hierarchical materials from high information content macromolecular building blocks: construction, dynamic interventions, and prediction

L Shao, J Ma, JL Prelesnik, Y Zhou, M Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hierarchical materials that exhibit order over multiple length scales are ubiquitous in nature.
Because hierarchy gives rise to unique properties and functions, many have sought …

Hierarchical nanomaterials assembled from peptoids and other sequence-defined synthetic polymers

Z Li, B Cai, W Yang, CL Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In nature, the self-assembly of sequence-specific biopolymers into hierarchical structures
plays an essential role in the construction of functional biomaterials. To develop synthetic …

Highly stable and tunable peptoid/hemin enzymatic mimetics with natural peroxidase-like activities

T Jian, Y Zhou, P Wang, W Yang, P Mu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Develo** tunable and stable peroxidase mimetics with high catalytic efficiency provides a
promising opportunity to improve and expand enzymatic catalysis in lignin depolymerization …

Designed metal-containing peptoid membranes as enzyme mimetics for catalytic organophosphate degradation

TKH Trinh, T Jian, B **, DT Nguyen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The detoxification of lethal organophosphate (OP) residues in the environment is crucial to
prevent human exposure and protect modern society. Despite serving as excellent catalysts …

Applications of material-binding peptides: A review

Y Ruan, M Sohail, J Zhao, F Hu, Y Li… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Material-binding peptides (MBPs) are functionalized adhesive materials consisting of a few
to several dozen amino acids. This affinity between MBPs and materials is regulated by …

Structure, Properties, and Applications of Silica Nanoparticles: Recent Theoretical Modeling Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions

B McLean, I Yarovsky - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Silica nanoparticles (SNPs), one of the most widely researched materials in modern science,
are now commonly exploited in surface coatings, biomedicine, catalysis, and engineering of …

Two‐dimensional supramolecular polymerization of DNA amphiphiles is driven by sequence‐dependent DNA‐chromophore interactions

M Ghufran Rafique, JM Remington… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) assemblies of water‐soluble block copolymers have been
limited by a dearth of systematic studies that relate polymer structure to pathway mechanism …

Designing sequence-defined peptoids for fibrillar self-assembly and silicification

W Yang, Y Zhou, B **, X Qi, B Cai, Q Yin… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the biological environment, mineral crystals exquisitely controlled by biomacromolecules
often show intricate hierarchical structures and superior mechanical properties. Among …

Electrostatically Directed Long‐Range Self‐Assembly of Nucleotides with Cationic Nanoparticles To Form Multifunctional Bioplasmonic Networks

S Roy, VSS Adury, A Rao, S Roy… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Precise control over interparticle interactions is essential to retain the functions of individual
components in a self‐assembled superstructure. Here, we report the design of a …

Impact of nanoparticle size and surface chemistry on peptoid self-assembly

M Monahan, M Homer, S Zhang, R Zheng, CL Chen… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled organic nanomaterials can be generated by bottom-up assembly pathways
where the structure is controlled by the organic sequence and altered using pH …