Carbon-based nanomaterials for sustainable agriculture: their application as light converters, nanosensors, and delivery tools

L Zhu, L Chen, J Gu, H Ma, H Wu - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nano-enabled agriculture is now receiving increasing attentions. Among the used
nanomaterials, carbon-based nanomaterials are good candidates for sustainable …

Computational approaches to cell–nanomaterial interactions: kee** balance between therapeutic efficiency and cytotoxicity

H Ding, Y Ma - Nanoscale Horizons, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to their unique properties, nanomaterials have been widely used in biomedicine
since they have obvious inherent advantages over traditional ones. However, nanomaterials …

A size dependent evaluation of the cytotoxicity and uptake of nanographene oxide

RG Mendes, B Koch, A Bachmatiuk, X Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene oxide (GO) has attracted great interest due to its extraordinary potential for
biomedical application. Although it is clear that the naturally occurring morphology of …

Molecular dynamics simulations of conformation changes of HIV-1 regulatory protein on graphene

D Zhao, L Li, D He, J Zhou - Applied Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The fragment of viral protein R (Vpr), Vpr13-33, plays an important role in regulating nuclear
importing of HIV genes through channel formation in which it adopts a leucine-zipper-like …

Classical atomistic simulations of protein adsorption on carbon nanomaterials

F Ganazzoli, G Raffaini - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon nanomaterials are receiving an increasingly large interest in a variety of fields,
including also nanomedicine. In this area, much attention is devoted to investigating and …

Electrostatics-mediated α-chymotrypsin inhibition by functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

D Zhao, J Zhou - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The α-chymotrypsin (α-ChT) enzyme is extensively used for studying nanomaterial-induced
enzymatic activity inhibition. A recent experimental study reported that carboxylized carbon …

Discontinuous molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecule interfacial behavior: study of ovispirin-1 adsorption on a graphene surface

S Zheng, MSJ Sajib, Y Wei, T Wei - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fundamental understanding of biomolecular interfacial behavior, such as protein adsorption
at the microscopic scale, is critical to broad applications in biomaterials, nanomedicine, and …

Self-assembly of ultra-small-sized carbon nanoparticles in lipid membrane disrupts its integrity

B Fang, X Dai, B Li, Y Qu, YQ Li, M Zhao, Y Yang… - Nanoscale …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Although nanomaterials are widely studied in biomedical applications, the major concern of
nanotoxicity still exists. Therefore, numerous studies have been conducted on the …

Voltage controlled shutter regulates channel size and motion direction of protein aperture as durable nano-electric rectifier-----An opinion in biomimetic nanoaperture

AS Bhullar, L Zhang, N Burns, X Cheng, P Guo - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
In optical devices such as camera or microscope, an aperture is used to regulate light
intensity for imaging. Here we report the discovery and construction of a durable bio …

Non-covalent adsorption of neurotransmission-relevant proteins on locally laser-oxidized and pristine graphene

A Lampinen, J Schirmer, A Emelianov… - RSC Applied …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Femtosecond pulsed laser two-photon oxidation (2PO) was used to modulate protein
adsorption on graphene surfaces on a Si/SiO2 substrate. The adsorption behavior of …