DNA-based nanobiostructured devices: The role of quasiperiodicity and correlation effects

EL Albuquerque, UL Fulco, VN Freire, EWS Caetano… - Physics Reports, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to present a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the
main physical properties of DNA-based nanobiostructured devices, stressing the role played …

[HTML][HTML] Piezoelectric peptide and metabolite materials

H Yuan, P Han, K Tao, S Liu, E Gazit, R Yang - Research, 2019‏ - spj.science.org
Piezoelectric materials are important for many physical and electronic devices. Although
many piezoelectric ceramics exhibit good piezoelectricity, they often show poor compatibility …

Quantum confined peptide assemblies with tunable visible to near-infrared spectral range

K Tao, Z Fan, L Sun, P Makam, Z Tian… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Quantum confined materials have been extensively studied for photoluminescent
applications. Due to intrinsic limitations of low biocompatibility and challenging modulation …

Stable and optoelectronic dipeptide assemblies for power harvesting

K Tao, B Xue, Q Li, W Hu, LJW Shimon, P Makam, M Si… - Materials Today, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Low biocompatibility or engineerability of conventional inorganic materials limits their
extensive application for power harvesting in biological systems or at bio-machine …

Interface-induced conservation of momentum leads to chiral-induced spin selectivity

C Vittmann, RK Kessing, J Lim… - The Journal of …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
We study the nonequilibrium dynamics of electron transmission from a straight waveguide to
a helix with spin–orbit coupling. Transmission is found to be spin-selective and can lead to …

Structural, electronic and optical properties of monoclinic Na2Ti3O7 from density functional theory calculations: A comparison with XRD and optical absorption …

AA Araújo-Filho, FLR Silva, A Righi, MB da Silva… - Journal of Solid State …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Powder samples of bulk monoclinic sodium trititanate Na 2 Ti 3 O 7 were prepared carefully
by solid state reaction, and its monoclinic P2 1/m crystal structure and morphology were …

Enhanced fluorescence for bioassembly by environment‐switching do** of metal ions

K Tao, Y Chen, AA Orr, Z Tian, P Makam… - Advanced functional …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of cyclodipeptides composed of natural aromatic amino acids into
supramolecular structures of diverse morphologies with intrinsic emissions in the visible light …

Guanine: a combined study using vibrational spectroscopy and theoretical methods

RP Lopes, MPM Marques, R Valero… - Journal of …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
The present paper reports a conformational study of solid‐state anhydrous guanine, using
vibrational spectroscopy techniques—infrared, Raman, and inelastic neutron scattering …

Optical absorption and DFT calculations in -aspartic acid anhydrous crystals: Charge carrier effective masses point to semiconducting behavior

AM Silva, BP Silva, FAM Sales, VN Freire… - Physical Review B …, 2012‏ - APS
Density functional theory (DFT) computations within the local-density approximation and
generalized gradient approximation in pure form and with dispersion correction (GGA+ D) …

Investigating the molecular crystals of L-alanine, DL-alanine, β-alanine, and alanine hydrogen chloride: experimental and DFT analysis of structural and …

EWS Caetano, JB Silva, CHV Bruno… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In this study, DFT calculations were employed to assess and contrast the structural,
electronic, and optical characteristics of five alanine crystal forms. The Perdew-Burke …