Natural piezoelectric biomaterials: a biocompatible and sustainable building block for biomedical devices

R Wang, J Sui, X Wang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The piezoelectric effect has been widely observed in biological systems, and its applications
in biomedical field are emerging. Recent advances of wearable and implantable biomedical …

Self-assembling peptide semiconductors

K Tao, P Makam, R Aizen, E Gazit - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND The increasing demand for environmentally friendly organic
semiconductors that can be easily fabricated and tuned has inspired scientists to design self …

Recent advances in designing fibrous biomaterials for the domain of biomedical, clinical, and environmental applications

N Mamidi, RG García, JDH Martínez… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Unique properties and potential applications of nanofibers have emerged as innovative
approaches and opportunities in the biomedical, healthcare, environmental, and biosensor …

Minimalistic peptide supramolecular co-assembly: expanding the conformational space for nanotechnology

P Makam, E Gazit - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in nature and central to bottom-up
nanotechnology. In particular, the organization of peptide building blocks into ordered …

Organic supramolecular aggregates based on water‐soluble cyclodextrins and calixarenes

Z Liu, X Dai, Y Sun, Y Liu - Aggregate, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macrocycle‐induced formation of pure organic supramolecular aggregates is a challenge
that has attracted considerable attention from researchers in the fields of chemistry, biology …

Self-assembled materials and supramolecular chemistry within microfluidic environments: from common thermodynamic states to non-equilibrium structures

S Sevim, A Sorrenti, C Franco, S Furukawa… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly is a crucial component in the bottom-up fabrication of hierarchical
supramolecular structures and advanced functional materials. Control has traditionally relied …

Molecular simulations of self-assembling bio-inspired supramolecular systems and their connection to experiments

PWJM Frederix, I Patmanidis, SJ Marrink - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In bionanotechnology, the field of creating functional materials consisting of bio-inspired
molecules, the function and shape of a nanostructure only appear through the assembly of …

Advanced materials for energy harvesting and soft robotics: Emerging frontiers to enhance piezoelectric performance and functionality

L Persano, A Camposeo, F Matino, R Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric energy harvesting captures mechanical energy from a number of sources,
such as vibrations, the movement of objects and bodies, impact events, and fluid flow to …

Aromatic short peptide architectonics: Assembly and engineering

K Tao, H Wu, L Adler-Abramovich, J Zhang… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the report of diphenylalanine (FF) peptide self-assembly into discrete nanostructures
in 2003, aromatic short peptide architectonics have been extensively studied globally and …

Protein nanotubes as state-of-the-art nanocarriers: Synthesis methods, simulation and applications

I Katouzian, SM Jafari - Journal of Controlled Release, 2019 - Elsevier
Application of food proteins as a tool to form nanostructures (especially nanotubular shapes)
has been an interesting topic for both the food and pharmaceutical sectors. Organic and …