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 …

Biomineralization, the use of biological systems to produce inorganic materials, has recently
become an attractive approach for the sustainable manufacturing of functional …

Background The potential applications of protein-engineered functional materials are so
wide and exciting that the interest in these eco-friendly advanced materials will further …

The detection of trace biomarkers is an important supplementary approach for early
screening and diagnoses of tumors. An optical fiber near‐field enhanced plasmonic …

Understanding the interactions between the protein collagen and hydroxyapatite is of high
importance for understanding biomineralization and bone formation. Here, we undertook a …

The fabrication of ordered architectures that intimately integrate polymer, protein, and
inorganic components remains difficult. Two promising building blocks to tackle this …

Iron oxide and silica‐based materials have emerged as attractive protein purification and
immobilization matrices. His6 has been reported as an effective affinity tag for both iron …

Material-binding peptides (MBPs) have emerged as a diverse and innovation-enabling class
of peptides in applications such as plant-/human health, immobilization of catalysts …

Many proteins and peptides have been identified to effectively and specifically bind on
certain surfaces such as silica, polystyrene and titanium dioxide. It is of great interest, in …

Proteins from the intrinsically disordered group (IDP) focus the attention of many researchers
engaged in protein structure analysis. The main criteria used in their identification are lack of …