Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology
University of Bremen · State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering · +7 more institutions
Abstract
Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative diseases. In more recent times, these nanostructures have found interesting applications as advanced materials in biomedicine, tissue engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, nanotechnology and material science, to name only a few fields. In all these applications, the final function depends on: (i) the specific mechanisms of protein aggregation, (ii) the hierarchical structure of the protein and peptide amyloids from the atomistic to mesoscopic length scales and (iii) the physical properties of the amyloids in the context of their…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 37.70
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 474
Authors
7- GWGang Wei
University of Bremen
- ZSZhiqiang Su
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- NPNicholas P. Reynolds
TeVido BioDevices (United States), Swinburne University of Technology
- PAPaolo Arosio
ETH Zurich
- IWIan W. Hamley
Division of Chemistry, University of Reading
Topics & keywords
- Nanotechnology
- Biomedicine
- Biosensor
- Function (biology)
- Materials science
- Peptide
- Chemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Responsible consumption and production