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Functionalizing Nucleic Acids: Synthesis and Purification Strategies for Bioconjugates as Biomaterials
Nucleic acids are fundamental to life, encoding and storing genetic information, catalyzing biological processes, and directing protein …
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Functionalizing Nucleic Acids: Synthesis and Purification Strategies for Bioconjugates as Biomaterials
Co‐Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils
Short peptide sequences self-assemble into supramolecular structures through intermolecular interactions, creating a microenvironment …
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Co‐Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils
Design of the Hydrophobic Core of Self-Assembling Peptide Fibrils for Enhanced Neural Regeneration
Neurons have limited self-repair ability, and typical treatment approaches for damaged tissue rely on surgery. Hindered by the lack of …
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Design of the Hydrophobic Core of Self-Assembling Peptide Fibrils for Enhanced Neural Regeneration
Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic Polyphenylene Dendrimers with Different Surface Functionalization in Solvent/Non‐Solvent Mixtures
This work compares the self-assembly of nanometer-sized amphiphilic Janus-type and patched polyphenylene dendrimers (PPDs) in …
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Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic Polyphenylene Dendrimers with Different Surface Functionalization in Solvent/Non‐Solvent Mixtures
Hybrid Materials From Peptide Nanofibrils and Magnetic Beads to Concentrate and Isolate Virus Particles
Peptide nanofibrils (PNFs) are considered a novel and highly efficient class of retroviral transduction enhancers due to their ability …
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Hybrid Materials From Peptide Nanofibrils and Magnetic Beads to Concentrate and Isolate Virus Particles
Sculpting photoproducts with DNA origami
Natural light-harvesting systems spatially organize densely packed dyes in different configurations to either transport excitons or …
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Sculpting photoproducts with DNA origami
Iridium(III)-based minor groove binding complexes as DNA photocleavage agents
Transition metal complexes containing the qtpy ligand (2′:4,4′′:4′,4′′′-quaterpyridyl) are known to be DNA intercalators or minor …
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Iridium(III)-based minor groove binding complexes as DNA photocleavage agents
Molecular Insights into the Dynamics of Amyloid Fibril Growth: Elongation and Lateral Assembly of GNNQQNY Protofibrils
The self-assembly of peptides and proteins into β-sheet rich amyloid fibrils is linked to both functional and pathological states. In …
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Molecular Insights into the Dynamics of Amyloid Fibril Growth: Elongation and Lateral Assembly of GNNQQNY Protofibrils
Peptide Self‐Assembly into Amyloid Fibrils at Hard and Soft Interfaces – From Corona Formation to Membrane Activity
Peptides and proteins are exposed to a variety of interfaces in a physiological environment, such as cell membranes, protein …
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Peptide Self‐Assembly into Amyloid Fibrils at Hard and Soft Interfaces – From Corona Formation to Membrane Activity
Lipid oxidation controls peptide self-assembly near membranes through a surface attraction mechanism
The self-assembly of peptides into supramolecular structures has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases but has also been observed …
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Lipid oxidation controls peptide self-assembly near membranes through a surface attraction mechanism