Storing energy in biodegradable electrochemical supercapacitors

G Colherinhas, T Malaspina, EE Fileti - acs Omega, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of green and biodegradable electrical components is one of the main
fronts of research to overcome the growing ecological problem related to the issue of …

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 …

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 …

Efficient heavy metal ion removal by fluorographene nanochannel templated molecular sieve: a molecular dynamics simulation study

Y Ou, Z Gu, Y Luo - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Environmental water contamination, particularly by heavy metal ions, has emerged as a
worldwide concern due to their non-biodegradable nature and propensity to accumulate in …

Assessing the DOPC-cholesterol interactions and their influence on fullerene C60 partitioning in lipid bilayers

ED Alves, G Colherinhas, SA Mendanha - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose a computational Molecular Dynamic (MD) study to evaluate the interaction of C
60 fullerene in contact with lipid membranes, as a function of the bilayers cholesterol …

Update of CHARMM36's atomic charges for aromatic amino acids in water solution simulations and spectroscopy analysis via sequential molecular dynamics and DFT …

G Colherinhas - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
In this theoretical work we develop simulations of classical molecular dynamics sequentially
combined with quantum calculations to obtain an update of the atomic charges of the …

Molecular electronics behaviour of l-aspartic acid using symmetrical metal electrodes

G Sikri, RS Sawhney - Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2021 - Springer
Protein-based electronics is one of the growing areas of bio-nanoelectronics, where novel
electronic devices possessing distinctive properties are being fabricated using specific …

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 …