The discovery of antibiotics marked a golden age in the revolution of human medicine.
However, decades later, bacterial infections remain a global healthcare threat, and a return …

Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics (MDPs) are antimicrobials or
anticarcinogens that present a general killing mechanism through the physical disruption of …

Nature is an important inspirational source for scientists, and presents complex and elegant
examples of adaptive and intelligent systems created by self-assembly. Significant effort has …

One of the most powerful strategies for the preparation of nanotubes is based on the
stacking of flat-shaped cyclic peptide components. This strategy allows precise control of the …

Supramolecular polymers are self-assembled materials displaying adaptive and responsive
“life-like” behaviour which are often made of aromatic compounds capable of engaging in π …

The search of new antibiotics, particularly with new mechanisms of action, is nowadays a
very important public health issue, due to the worldwide increase of resistant pathogens …

Developing artificial ion transport systems, which process complicated information and step‐
wise regulate properties, is essential for deeply comprehending the subtle dynamic …

The harnessing of peptides in biomedical applications is a recent hot topic. This arises
mainly from the general biocompatibility of peptides, as well as from the ease of tunability of …

Light‐induced molecular piping of cyclic peptide nanotubes to form bent tubular structures is
described. The process is based on the [4+ 4] photocycloaddition of anthracene moieties …

Antimicrobial peptides are viewed as a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics, as
their activity through membrane targeting makes them less prone to resistance development …