Peptoids and polypeptoids at the frontier of supra-and macromolecular engineering

N Gangloff, J Ulbricht, T Lorson, H Schlaad… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In most general terms, polymers and their supramolecular assemblies have been defining
life on this planet since its conception. Polymers of nucleic acids carry the code of life and …

Sequence programmable peptoid polymers for diverse materials applications

AS Knight, EY Zhou, MB Francis… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer sequence programmability is required for the diverse structures and complex
properties that are achieved by native biological polymers, but efforts towards controlling the …

Peptoid polymers: a highly designable bioinspired material

J Sun, RN Zuckermann - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bioinspired polymeric materials are attracting increasing attention due to significant
advantages over their natural counterparts: the ability to precisely tune their structures over a …

A copper-peptoid as a highly stable, efficient, and reusable homogeneous water oxidation electrocatalyst

T Ghosh, P Ghosh, G Maayan - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Water electrolysis is among the simplest methods to generate hydrogen, which can be used
as a clean and renewable energy source. Within this process, the oxidation of water into …

A rationally designed metal-binding helical peptoid for selective recognition processes

M Baskin, G Maayan - Chemical Science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-binding biopolymers play a significant role in processes, such as regulation,
recognition and catalysis, due to their high affinity towards specific metal ions, which they …

Selective chromium (VI) ligands identified using combinatorial peptoid libraries

AS Knight, EY Zhou, JG Pelton… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] is a worldwide water contaminant that is currently without cost-
effective and efficient remediation strategies. This is in part due to a lack of ligands that can …

Peptide science: A “rule model” for new generations of peptidomimetics

HR Reese, CC Shanahan, C Proulx, S Menegatti - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Peptides have been heavily investigated for their biocompatible and bioactive properties.
Though a wide array of functionalities can be introduced by varying the amino acid …

Macrocyclic hosts in asymmetric phase-transfer catalyzed reactions

R Schettini, M Sicignano, F De Riccardis, I Izzo… - …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
The introduction and development of neutral macrocyclic hosts capable of complexing ions
within their pre-organized cavity, has been of utmost importance in supramolecular …

Iminosugar‐Cyclopeptoid Conjugates Raise Multivalent Effect in Glycosidase Inhibition at Unprecedented High Levels

ML Lepage, JP Schneider, A Bodlenner… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A series of cyclopeptoid‐based iminosugar clusters has been evaluated to finely probe the
ligand content‐dependent increase in α‐mannosidase inhibition. This study led to the …

Enantioselective Alkylation of Amino Acid Derivatives Promoted by Cyclic Peptoids under Phase-Transfer Conditions

R Schettini, F De Riccardis… - The Journal of Organic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The effects of substituents and cavity size on catalytic efficiency of proline-rich cyclopeptoids
under phase-transfer conditions were studied. High affinity constants (K a) for the sodium …