Bioinspired Amino Acid Based Materials in Bionanotechnology: From Minimalistic Building Blocks and Assembly Mechanism to Applications

Y Wang, S Rencus-Lazar, H Zhou, Y Yin, X Jiang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inspired by natural hierarchical self-assembly of proteins and peptides, amino acids, as the
basic building units, have been shown to self-assemble to form highly ordered structures …

Repair of peripheral nerve injury using hydrogels based on self-assembled peptides

M Zhang, L Li, H An, P Zhang, P Liu - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Peripheral nerve injury often occurs in young adults and is characterized by complex
regeneration mechanisms, poor prognosis, and slow recovery, which not only creates …

Solvent-modulated chiral self-assembly: selective formation of helical nanotubes, nanotwists, and energy transfer

L Xu, M Zhang, X Zhu, C Xue, HX Wang… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As the medium for self-assembly processes, solvents strongly influence the supramolecular
assemblies via specific solute–solvent interactions, which may result in effective modulation …

Tuning of the Supramolecular Helicity of Peptide-Based Gel Nanofibers

S Misra, P Singh, AK Singh, L Roy, S Kuila… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Helical supramolecular architectures play important structural and functional roles in
biological systems. The helicity of synthetic molecules can be tuned mainly by the chiral …

Advances in Self‐Assembly of Metabolite Nanostructures: Physiology, Pathology and Nanotechnology

O Shanker Tiwari, S Rencus‐Lazar, E Gazit - ChemNanoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolites are immensely important for the routine function of every cell and take part in
numerous physiological processes. Yet, in excess amounts, metabolites can self‐assemble …

Supramolecular assemblies of a 1, 8-naphthalimide conjugate and its aggregation-induced emission property

S Misra, P Singh, A Das, P Brandao, P Sahoo… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The aggregation-induced emission (AIE) property has attracted considerable research
interest since its discovery. Several small molecule-based AIE fluorogens (AIEgens) have …

Phenylalanine-based fibrillar systems

S Kuila, S Dey, P Singh, A Shrivastava… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn metabolic disorder characterized by excess
accumulation of phenylalanine (Phe) and its fibril formation, resulting in progressive …

Supramolecular Antiparallel β-Sheet Formation by Tetrapeptides Based on Amyloid Sequence

S Misra, P Singh, RN Mahata, P Brandão… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of short peptides has emerged as an interesting research field for a wide
range of applications. Recently, several truncated fragments of long-chain peptides or …

Capacity for increased surface area in the hydrophobic core of β‐sheet peptide bilayer nanoribbons

CW Jones, CG Morales, SL Eltiste… - Journal of Peptide …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Amphipathic peptides with amino acids arranged in alternating patterns of hydrophobic and
hydrophilic residues efficiently self‐assemble into β‐sheet bilayer nanoribbons …

Distinct interactions with pentaalanine tuned by terminal structures of polyisoprene that determine their mechanical properties

YF Yao, R Zhang, YH Zhao, J Cao, MJ Xie, Y He, SQ Li… - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
The terminal aggregates of natural rubber exhibit multi-scale reinforcing effects, but the
synthetic counterpart still lacks of readily available terminal functionalized polymers, and the …