Nonconventional luminophores: characteristics, advancements and perspectives

S Tang, T Yang, Z Zhao, T Zhu, Q Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nonconventional luminophores devoid of remarkable conjugates have attracted
considerable attention due to their unique luminescence behaviors, updated luminescence …

Aromatic short peptide architectonics: Assembly and engineering

K Tao, H Wu, L Adler-Abramovich, J Zhang… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the report of diphenylalanine (FF) peptide self-assembly into discrete nanostructures
in 2003, aromatic short peptide architectonics have been extensively studied globally and …

Fmoc-diphenylalanine gelating nanoarchitectonics: A simplistic peptide self-assembly to meet complex applications

Y Wang, Q Geng, Y Zhang, L Adler-Abramovich… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF), has been has been extensively
explored due to its ultrafast self-assembly kinetics, inherent biocompatibility, tunable …

Sequence‐tunable phase behavior and intrinsic fluorescence in dynamically interacting peptides

D Sementa, D Dave, RS Fisher, T Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A conceptual framework towards understanding biological condensed phases is emerging,
derived from biological, biomimetic, and synthetic sequences. However, de novo peptide …

Controlling drug partitioning in individual protein condensates through laser-induced microscale phase transitions

A Leppert, J Feng, V Railaite… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Gelation of protein condensates formed by liquid–liquid phase separation occurs in a wide
range of biological contexts, from the assembly of biomaterials to the formation of fibrillar …

Structural colors from amyloid‐based liquid crystals

T Jin, Y Yuan, M Bagnani, C Wu, B Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The helical periodicity and layered structure in cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) may be
tuned to generate structural color according to the Bragg's law of diffraction. A wide range of …

Non-aromatic fluorescence in biological matter: the exception or the rule?

UN Morzan, G Díaz Mirón, L Grisanti… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
While in the vast majority of cases fluorescence in biological matter has been attributed to
aromatic or conjugated groups, peptides associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such …

Multimodal, label-free fluorescence and Raman imaging of amyloid deposits in snap-frozen Alzheimer's disease human brain tissue

B Lochocki, BDC Boon, SR Verheul, L Zada… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology is characterized by hyperphosphorylated tau
containing neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques. Normally these hallmarks …

A comprehensive analysis of the intrinsic visible fluorescence emitted by peptide/protein amyloid-like assemblies

N Balasco, C Diaferia, E Rosa, A Monti, M Ruvo… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyloid aggregation is a widespread process that involves proteins and peptides with
different molecular complexity and amino acid composition. The structural motif (cross-β) …

β-Asarone inhibits amyloid-β by promoting autophagy in a cell model of Alzheimer's disease

N Wang, H Wang, L Li, Y Li, R Zhang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common types of dementia that causes memory,
thinking, and behavior problems. The most important feature of AD is the gradual irreversible …