Agrochemicals have supported the development of the agricultural economy and national
population over the past century. However, excessive applications of agrochemicals pose …

Nanoparticles are used widely in our lives, but the understanding of their impacts on human
and environmental health is still limited, at least due in part to the fact that nanoparticles are …

This work reports on the use of protein engineering as a versatile tool to rationally design
metal-binding proteins for the synthesis of highly photoluminescent protein-stabilized gold …

Introduction A number of biological wastes and factory waste materials have been tested
recently for the eco-friendly biosynthesis of nanoparticles. Sericin protein (SSP) is usually …

In photosystem II (PSII), water oxidation occurs in the Mn4CaO5 cluster with the release of
electrons via the redox-active tyrosine (TyrZ) to the reaction-center chlorophylls (PD1/PD2) …

Owing to the dynamic and complex nature of mitosis, precise and timely executions of
biomolecular events are critical for high fidelity cell division. In this context, visualization of …

Controllable growth of highly dense and uniform Pt nanostructures on graphene could
greatly increase the electrocatalytic activity and Pt utilization for methanol oxidation in direct …

Multifunctional biocompatible nanomaterials containing both fluorescent and vehicle
functions are highly favored in bioimaging, therapeutic, and drug delivery applications …

The design of biocompatible fluorescent probes for targeting vital molecules in brain is
highly desirable in recent years since various statistical studies conducted by World Health …

Biocompatible fluorescent nanostructures were prepared by a functionalization of gold
nanoparticles with the amino acid tryptophan. The gold-tryptophan bioconjugates were …