Progress and perspectives in exploiting photosynthetic biomolecules for solar energy harnessing

SK Ravi, SC Tan - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosynthetic proteins are emerging as a new class of photovoltaic materials as their
nature-designed architecture and internal circuitry are so sophisticated that they carry out …

Exploring How System Dimensions and Periodic Boundary Conditions Influence the Molecular Dynamics Simulation of A6H Peptide Self-Assembly Nanostructures

K Mendanha, G Colherinhas - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This work presents a study on the effects of periodic boundary conditions (PBC) on the
energetic/structural properties and hydrogen bond dynamics (HB) using molecular dynamics …

Amphipathic design dictates self-assembly, cytotoxicity and cell uptake of arginine-rich surfactant-like peptides

LR Mello, RB Aguiar, RY Yamada, JZ Moraes… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amphiphilicity is the most critical parameter in the self-assembly of surfactant-like peptides
(SLPs), regulating the way by which hydrophobic attraction holds peptides together. Its …

Molecular dynamics study of surfactant-like peptide based nanostructures

G Colherinhas, E Fileti - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014 - ACS Publications
Surfactant-like peptide (SLP) based nanostructures are investigated using all-atomistic
molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We report structure properties of nanostructures …

A6H polypeptide membranes: Molecular dynamics simulation, GIAO-DFT-NMR and TD-DFT spectroscopy analysis

D Andrade, G Colherinhas - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In this work, Molecular Dynamics simulation (MD), GIAO-DFT-NMR, and TD-DFT
results are obtained to study structural, energetic, dynamics, and spectroscopy properties of …

Can CHARMM36 atomic charges described correctly the interaction between amino acid and water molecules by molecular dynamics simulations?

LBA Oliveira, G Colherinhas - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Here we present calculations of electrical, energetic and magnetic properties of the amino
acids arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, histidine and lysine in water solution. The …

Atomistic molecular dynamics study on the influence of high temperatures on the structure of peptide nanomembranes candidates for organic supercapacitor electrode

ED Alves, DX de Andrade, AR de Almeida… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, a series of organic structures formed by peptide self-assembly have been
reported, among which stand out the peptide nanomembranes with promising applications …

The influence of polar and non-polar interactions on the self-assembly of peptide nanomembranes and their applications: An atomistic study using classical molecular …

D Andrade, G Colherinhas - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, structural and energetic properties of five peptide membranes are investigated
via fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. The membranes are made up of peptides …

Elucidating the stability of bolaamphiphilic polypeptide nanosheets using atomistic molecular dynamics

T Malaspina, EE Fileti, G Colherinhas - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomistic molecular dynamics was employed to characterize the stability of nanosheets
formed by bolaamphiphilic polypeptides. Two different nanosheets (based on RFL4FR and …

Molecular dynamics study of hydrogen bond in peptide membrane at 150–300 K

ED Alves, DX de Andrade, AR de Almeida… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we develop molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the structural and
dynamic behavior of hydrogen bonds in A 6 X-type peptide structures (X= D, K, and R) in the …