Biomimetic mineralization based on self-assembling peptides

Q Li, Y Wang, G Zhang, R Su, W Qi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomimetic science has attracted great interest in the fields of chemistry, biology, materials
science, and energy. Biomimetic mineralization is the process of synthesizing inorganic …

Chiral self-assembly of peptides: Toward the design of supramolecular polymers with enhanced chemical and biological functions

Y Shen, Y Wang, IW Hamley, W Qi, R Su… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chirality is one of the most important structural features in biological systems. Peptides, as a
class of small biomolecules, can self-assemble into various chiral supramolecular polymers …

Biointerface structural effects on the properties and applications of bioinspired peptide-based nanomaterials

TR Walsh, MR Knecht - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Peptide sequences are known to recognize and bind different nanomaterial surfaces, which
has resulted in the screening and identification of hundreds of peptides with the ability to …

Multi-component Fe–Ni hydroxide nanocatalyst for oxygen evolution and methanol oxidation reactions under alkaline conditions

SL Candelaria, NM Bedford, TJ Woehl, NS Rentz… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Iron-incorporated nickel-based materials show promise as catalysts for the oxygen evolution
reaction (OER) half-reaction of water electrolysis. Nickel has also exhibited high catalytic …

Advances in the design of amino acid and peptide synthesized gold nanoparticles for their applications

A Rai, S Seena, T Gagliardi, PJ Palma - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of therapeutics and diagnostics is advanced by nanotechnology-based
approaches including the spatial-temporal release of drugs, targeted delivery, enhanced …

Rational design of functional peptide–gold hybrid nanomaterials for molecular interactions

X Liu, Q Zhang, W Knoll, B Liedberg… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been extensively used for decades in biosensing‐related
development due to outstanding optical properties. Peptides, as newly realized functional …

Peptide-directed assembly of single-helical gold nanoparticle superstructures exhibiting intense chiroptical activity

AD Merg, JC Boatz, A Mandal, G Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chiral nanoparticle assemblies are an interesting class of materials whose chiroptical
properties make them attractive for a variety of applications. Here, C18-(PEPAuM-ox) 2 …

Understanding biomineralization mechanisms to produce size-controlled, tailored nanocrystals for optoelectronic and catalytic applications: a Review

TN Vigil, LC Spangler - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomineralization, the use of biological systems to produce inorganic materials, has recently
become an attractive approach for the sustainable manufacturing of functional …

Controlled synthesis of highly-branched plasmonic gold nanoparticles through peptoid engineering

F Yan, L Liu, TR Walsh, Y Gong, PZ El-Khoury… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
In nature, specific biomolecules interacting with mineral precursors are responsible for the
precise production of nanostructured inorganic materials that exhibit complex morphologies …

Self-assembled peptide–inorganic nanoparticle superstructures: from component design to applications

C Pigliacelli, R Sánchez-Fernández… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides have become excellent platforms for the design of peptide–nanoparticle hybrid
superstructures, owing to their self-assembly and binding/recognition capabilities. Morover …