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 …

Kinetic model for two-step nucleation of peptide assembly

MC Hsieh, DG Lynn, MA Grover - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Intermediate dynamic assemblies are increasingly seen as necessary for the initial
desolvation and organization of biomaterials to achieve their final crystalline order. Here we …

Formation of nanostructures by peptides

S Kumar Pachahara, C Subbalakshmi… - Current Protein and …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Amyloid fibrils, which are implicated in several diseases, are highly ordered
structures formed by aggregation of proteins. Intriguingly, several short peptides, some of …

[HTML][HTML] A PCR-free point-of-care capacitive immunoassay for influenza A virus

C Cheng, H Cui, J Wu, S Eda - Microchimica Acta, 2017 - Springer
This article describes a highly sensitive and specific capacitive immunosensor for rapid, low
cost and simple-to-use detection of virus particles from clinical swab samples. An …

[HTML][HTML] Enzyme-coated Janus nanoparticles that selectively bind cell receptors as a function of the concentration of glucose

R la Rica - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A method is proposed for controlling the number of nanoparticles bound to cell membranes
via RGDS peptide–integrin interactions. It consists of propelling nanoparticles bearing the …

[PDF][PDF] Nanosensors in food safety

P Sarkar, SS Panigrahi, E Roy… - environmental …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Food safety is a critical and persistent public health issue. The concerns associated with
food safety are further intensified by improper hygiene, poor food handling practices, and …

[PDF][PDF] Conductance of amyloid based peptide 1 filaments: structure–function relations.

M Amit, G Cheng, I Hamley, N Ashkenasy - scholar.archive.org
Controlling the morphology of self-assembled peptide nanostructures, particularly those
based on amyloid peptides, have been the focus of intense research. In order to exploit …