Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

Peptide sequences are known to recognize and bind different nanomaterial surfaces, which
has resulted in the screening and identification of hundreds of peptides with the ability to …

Within the materials science community, proteins with cage-like architectures are being
developed as versatile nanoscale platforms for use in protein nanotechnology. Much effort …

Materials scientists increasingly draw inspiration from the study of how biological systems
fabricate materials under mild synthetic conditions by using self‐assembled macromolecular …

Members of the ferritin superfamily are multi-subunit cage-like proteins with a hollow interior
cavity. These proteins possess three distinct surfaces, ie interior and exterior surfaces of the …

Remarkable progress has been made to date in the discovery of material binding peptides
and their utilization in nanotechnology, which has brought new challenges and …

Biomineralization, the process by which biological systems direct the synthesis of inorganic
structures from organic templates, is an exquisite example of nanomaterial self-assembly in …

We present evidence that specific material recognition by small peptides is governed by
local solvent density variations at solid/liquid interfaces, sensed by the side-chain residues …

The value of coupling biological molecules such as enzymes to solid materials has long
been recognized. To date, protein immobilization onto such surfaces often involves covalent …