Biomimetic peptide self-assembly for functional materials

A Levin, TA Hakala, L Schnaider… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular
materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures …

Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

PC Ke, R Zhou, LC Serpell, R Riek… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid diseases are global epidemics with profound health, social and economic
implications and yet remain without a cure. This dire situation calls for research into the …

Interstitial boron-triggered electron-deficient Os aerogels for enhanced pH-universal hydrogen evolution

Y Li, CK Peng, H Hu, SY Chen, JH Choi, YG Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Develo** high-performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is
crucial for sustainable hydrogen production, yet still challenging. Here, we report boron …

Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology

G Wei, Z Su, NP Reynolds, P Arosio… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been
considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative …

Biopolymer aerogels and foams: Chemistry, properties, and applications

S Zhao, WJ Malfait… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biopolymer aerogels were among the first aerogels produced, but only in the last decade
has research on biopolymer and biopolymer–composite aerogels become popular …

3D fibrous aerogels from 1D polymer nanofibers for energy and environmental applications

G Zhao, L Shi, G Yang, X Zhuang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Aerogels are highly porous structures produced by replacing the liquid solvent of a gel with
air without causing the collapse of the solid network. Recently, 1D polymer nanofibers have …

[HTML][HTML] Biomass vs inorganic and plastic-based aerogels: Structural design, functional tailoring, resource-efficient applications and sustainability analysis

G Wei, J Zhang, M Usuelli, X Zhang, B Liu… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The highly efficient utilization of bioresources and natural organic wastes has attracted great
attention, due to the high-speed consumption and shortage of energy in modern society …

Design principles of food gels

Y Cao, R Mezzenga - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Naturally sourced gels from food biopolymers have advanced in recent decades to compare
favourably in performance and breadth of application to their synthetic counterparts. Here …

Ultralight, flexible, and biomimetic nanocellulose/silver nanowire aerogels for electromagnetic interference shielding

Z Zeng, T Wu, D Han, Q Ren, G Siqueira, G Nyström - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ultralight and highly flexible biopolymer aerogels, composed of biomimetic cellular
microstructures formed from cellulose nanofibers and silver nanowires, are assembled via a …

Benchmarking cellulose nanocrystals: from the laboratory to industrial production

MS Reid, M Villalobos, ED Cranston - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
The renewability, biocompatibility, and mechanical properties of cellulose nanocrystals
(CNCs) have made them an attractive material for numerous composite, biomedical, and …