Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems

JA Doolan, GT Williams, KLF Hilton… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial resistance is directly responsible for more deaths per year than either
HIV/AIDS or malaria and is predicted to incur a cumulative societal financial burden of at …

Applications of guanine quartets in nanotechnology and chemical biology

L Stefan, D Monchaud - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Guanine and related nucleobases such as guanosine, deoxyguanosine and isoguanosine
are notable molecular tools for designing functional supramolecular assemblies. This …

Hybrids based on graphene oxide and porphyrin as tools for detection and stabilization of DNA G-quadruplexes

AR Monteiro, CIV Ramos, S Fateixa, NMM Moura… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Telomerase inhibition has been an important strategy in cancer therapies, but for which
effective drugs are still required. Here, noncovalent hybrid nanoplatforms containing the …

Construction of a cross-layer linked G-octamer via conformational control: a stable G-quadruplex in H-bond competitive solvents

Y He, Y Zhang, L Wojtas, NG Akhmedov, D Thai… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Methanol soluble and stable guanosine octamers were successfully achieved via H-bond
self-assembly. Through structural conformational design, we developed a new class of …

Piperine Encapsulation within Cucurbit[n]uril (n=6,7): A Combined Experimental and Density Functional Study

B Mohanty, A Suvitha, NS Venkataramanan - ChemistrySelect, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of host‐guest between piperine and cucurbit [n] uril (n= 6, 7) molecules were
studied using experimental and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The host‐guest …

Reversed Cation Selectivity of G8‐Octamer and G16‐Hexadecamer towards Monovalent and Divalent Cations

Y He, Y Zhang, L Wojtas, NG Akhmedov… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A reverse‐binding‐selectivity between monovalent and divalent cations was observed for
two different self‐assembly G16‐hexadecamer and G8‐octamer systems. The dissociation …

Quantifying and modulating protein encapsulation in guanosine-based supramolecular particles

LA Prieto-Costas, GR Rivera-Cordero… - Bioconjugate …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The encapsulation of proteins is an effective way to preserve their structure and enhance
their function. One exciting possibility is adjusting the protective agent to match the specific …

Quantum tunneling time delay investigation of K+ ion in human telomeric G-quadruplex systems

G Celebi Torabfam, G K. Demir, D Demir - JBIC Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Guanine-rich quadruplex DNA (G-quadruplex) is of interest both in cell biology and
nanotechnology. Its biological functions necessitate a G-quadruplex to be stabilized against …

Side-chain-dependent binding of bis-naphthalimide self-assembled nanoparticles to G-quadruplex DNA for potential anticancer therapy

G Kulsi, AAS Samson, B Purushothaman… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Novel bis-naphthalimide (NI)-based molecules composed of space linkers of phenyl
dialkyne (bis-NI1 and bis-NI2), triazole (bis-NI3 and bis-NI4), and alkyne (bis-NI5 and bis …

Synthesis of Comb‐Like Macromolecules via Semi‐Batch Miniemulsion RAFT Polymerizations

L Li, J Huang, Y Zhang - Macromolecular Chemistry and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Construction of macromolecule topology and control of chain sequence are foundations to
endow macromolecules with complex functionalities. Comb‐like macromolecules have more …