Two complementary strategies can be used in the fabrication of molecular biomaterials. In
the 'top-down' approach, biomaterials are generated by stripping down a complex entity into …

A 16-residue peptide [(Ala-Glu-Ala-Glu-Ala-Lys-Ala-Lys)2] has a characteristic beta-sheet
circular dichroism spectrum in water. Upon the addition of salt, the peptide spontaneously …

Nanotechnology is often associated with materials fabrication, microelectronics, and microfluidics.
Until now, the use of nanotechnology and molecular self assembly in biomedicine to …

Understanding of new materials at the molecular level has become increasingly critical for a
new generation of nanomaterials for nanotechnology, namely, the design, synthesis and …

Chemistry has generally been associated with inorganic and organic syntheses, metal–organic
composites, coordinate metal chemistry, catalyses, block copolymer, coating, thin film, …

Well-defined scaffold hydrogels made of self-assembling peptides have found their way into
clinical products. By examining the properties and applications of two self-assembling …

Peptides are ubiquitous in nature and useful in many fields, from agriculture as pesticides,
in medicine as antibacterial and antifungal drugs founded in the innate immune systems, to …

A new type of self-assembling peptide (sapeptide) scaffolds that serve as substrates for
neurite outgrowth and synapse formation is described. These peptide-based scaffolds are …

Several surfactant-like peptides undergo self-assembly to form nanotubes and nanovesicles
having an average diameter of 30–50 nm with a helical twist. The peptide monomer …

A new class of ionic self-complementary oligopeptides is described, two members of which
have been designated RAD16 and EAK16. These oligopeptides consist of regular repeats of …