Naturally sourced hydrogels: emerging fundamental materials for next-generation healthcare sensing

Z Wang, H Wei, Y Huang, Y Wei, J Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing development of flexible healthcare sensing systems is inseparable from the
fundamental materials with application-oriented mechanical and electrical properties …

Peptide-based supramolecular systems chemistry

F Sheehan, D Sementa, A Jain, M Kumar… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Peptide-based supramolecular systems chemistry seeks to mimic the ability of life forms to
use conserved sets of building blocks and chemical reactions to achieve a bewildering array …

[HTML][HTML] Modification approaches of plant-based proteins to improve their techno-functionality and use in food products

MN Nasrabadi, AS Doost, R Mezzenga - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant-based proteins have recently attracted particular interest owing to their sustainable
origins, economical costs and health benefits compared to animal-based counterparts …

Biomimetic peptide self-assembly for functional materials

A Levin, TA Hakala, L Schnaider… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular
materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures …

Accelerating the prediction and discovery of peptide hydrogels with human-in-the-loop

T Xu, J Wang, S Zhao, D Chen, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The amino acid sequences of peptides determine their self-assembling properties. Accurate
prediction of peptidic hydrogel formation, however, remains a challenging task. This work …

Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

PC Ke, R Zhou, LC Serpell, R Riek… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid diseases are global epidemics with profound health, social and economic
implications and yet remain without a cure. This dire situation calls for research into the …

Amyloid formation as a protein phase transition

TCT Michaels, D Qian, A Šarić, M Vendruscolo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of amyloid fibrils is a general class of protein self-assembly behaviour, which
is associated with both functional biology and the development of a number of disorders …

Protein assembly by design

J Zhu, N Avakyan, A Kakkis, AM Hoffnagle… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular
machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II …

Aggregate science: from structures to properties

H Zhang, Z Zhao, AT Turley, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular science entails the study of structures and properties of materials at the level of
single molecules or small interacting complexes of molecules. Moving beyond single …

Protein nanofibrils for next generation sustainable water purification

M Peydayesh, R Mezzenga - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Water scarcity is rapidly spreading across the planet, threatening the population across the
five continents and calling for global sustainable solutions. Water reclamation is the most …