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 …

Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the number one neurovegetative disease, but its treatment
options are relatively few and ineffective. In efforts to discover new strategies for AD therapy …

Biomolecular piezoelectric materials are considered a strong candidate material for
biomedical applications due to their robust piezoelectricity, biocompatibility, and low …

The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …

Peptides that self-assemble into nanostructures are of tremendous interest for biological,
medical, photonic and nanotechnological applications. The enormous sequence space that …

Aromatic peptide amphiphiles are gaining popularity as building blocks for the bottom-up
fabrication of nanomaterials, including gels. These materials combine the simplicity of small …

Bio-inspired nano-materials can be formed by the ordered assembly of elementary building
blocks using recognition modules and structural elements. Among the biological sources …

Histidine, a versatile proteinogenic amino acid, plays a broad range of roles in all living
organisms and behaves as a key mediator of the interactions of biomolecules with inorganic …