Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

The course of evolution on our planet has resulted in the appearance, diversification, and
proliferation of organisms capable of producing complex structures from hard inorganic …

Nature is a great source of inspiration in solving extremely complex problems, and it is every
day more common to use its strategies for the development of new materials, methods, and …

Over the past decade, solid-binding peptides (SBPs) have been used increasingly as
molecular building blocks in nanobiotechnology. These peptides show selectivity and bind …

Magnetic particles offer high technological potential since they can be conveniently
collected with an external magnetic field. Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize bacterial …

Remarkable progress has been made to date in the discovery of material binding peptides
and their utilization in nanotechnology, which has brought new challenges and …

Nature has long used peptide-and protein-based manufacturing to create structures whose
remarkable mechanical, transport, optical, and even magnetic properties are determined by …

Recently, phage and cell-surface display libraries have been adapted for genetically
selecting short peptides for a variety of inorganic materials. Despite the enormous number of …

Convenient fabrication or manipulation of nanoscale materials will significantly enhance the
potential applicability of nanotechnology. One novel methodology for the fabrication of …

Amyloids are highly ordered, hierarchal protein nanoassemblies. Functional amyloids in
bacterial biofilms, such as Escherichia coli curli fibers, are formed by the polymerization of …