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Borras N, Estrany F, Alemán C. Interface porosity in multilayered all‐conducting polymer electrodes. POLYM ENG SCI 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/pen.25160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nuria Borras
- Departament d'Enginyeria QuímicaEEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2, 08019 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria QuímicaEEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2, 08019 Barcelona Spain
- Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and EngineeringUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany, 10‐14, 08019 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria QuímicaEEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2, 08019 Barcelona Spain
- Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and EngineeringUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany, 10‐14, 08019 Barcelona Spain
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Haspel N, Zheng J, Aleman C, Zanuy D, Nussinov R. A Protocol for the Design of Protein and Peptide Nanostructure Self-Assemblies Exploiting Synthetic Amino Acids. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1529:323-352. [PMID: 27914060 PMCID: PMC7900906 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6637-0_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
Abstract
In recent years there has been increasing interest in nanostructure design based on the self-assembly properties of proteins and polymers. Nanodesign requires the ability to predictably manipulate the properties of the self-assembly of autonomous building blocks, which can fold or aggregate into preferred conformational states. The design includes functional synthetic materials and biological macromolecules. Autonomous biological building blocks with available 3D structures provide an extremely rich and useful resource. Structural databases contain large libraries of protein molecules and their building blocks with a range of sizes, shapes, surfaces, and chemical properties. The introduction of engineered synthetic residues or short peptides into these building blocks can greatly expand the available chemical space and enhance the desired properties. Herein, we summarize a protocol for designing nanostructures consisting of self-assembling building blocks, based on our recent works. We focus on the principles of nanostructure design with naturally occurring proteins and synthetic amino acids, as well as hybrid materials made of amyloids and synthetic polymers.
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- Nurit Haspel
- Department of Computer Science, The University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA, 02125, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325, USA
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Sud, Edifici C', C/Pasqual i Vila s/n, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Sackler Inst. of Molecular Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
- Basic Science Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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Triguero J, Zanuy D, Alemán C. Conformational analysis of a modified RGD adhesive sequence. J Pept Sci 2016; 23:172-181. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jordi Triguero
- Department of Chemical Engineering, ETSEIB; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Av. Diagonal 647 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, ETSEIB; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Av. Diagonal 647 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, ETSEIB; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Av. Diagonal 647 Barcelona 08028 Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-Engineering; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Campus Sud, Edifici C', C/Pasqual i Vila s/n Barcelona 08028 Spain
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Maione S, Gil AM, Fabregat G, del Valle LJ, Triguero J, Laurent A, Jacquemin D, Estrany F, Jiménez AI, Zanuy D, Cativiela C, Alemán C. Electroactive polymer–peptide conjugates for adhesive biointerfaces. Biomater Sci 2015; 3:1395-405. [DOI: 10.1039/c5bm00160a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Conducting-polymer–peptide conjugates with controlled properties have been used as soft bioelectroactive supports for cell attachment.
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Soto-Delgado J, Torras J, del Valle LJ, Estrany F, Alemán C. Examining the compatibility of collagen and a polythiophene derivative for the preparation of bioactive platforms. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra13812k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and collagen interact specifically forming biocomposites that mimic the growing of biological tissues.
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- Jorge Soto-Delgado
- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
- Universidad Andrés Bello
- Viña del Mar
- Chile
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- Escola d'Enginyeria d'Igualada
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Igualada 08700
- Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E. T. S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Barcelona E-08028
- Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- Escola Universitària d'Enginyeria Tècnica Industrial de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08036 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E. T. S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Barcelona E-08028
- Spain
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Maione S, Fabregat G, Del Valle LJ, Ballano G, Cativiela C, Alemán C. Electro-biocompatibility of conjugates designed by chemical similarity. J Pept Sci 2014; 20:537-46. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Silvana Maione
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Diagonal 647 08028 Barcelona Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-engineering; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Campus Sud, Edifici C', C/Pasqual i Vila s/n Barcelona E-08028 Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Diagonal 647 08028 Barcelona Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-engineering; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Campus Sud, Edifici C', C/Pasqual i Vila s/n Barcelona E-08028 Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Diagonal 647 08028 Barcelona Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-engineering; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Campus Sud, Edifici C', C/Pasqual i Vila s/n Barcelona E-08028 Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, ISQCH; University of Zaragoza-CSIC; 50009 Zaragoza Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, ISQCH; University of Zaragoza-CSIC; 50009 Zaragoza Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Diagonal 647 08028 Barcelona Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-engineering; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Campus Sud, Edifici C', C/Pasqual i Vila s/n Barcelona E-08028 Spain
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Fabregat G, Casanovas J, Redondo E, Armelin E, Alemán C. A rational design for the selective detection of dopamine using conducting polymers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:7850-61. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00234b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A conducting polymer for the selective detection of dopamine has been designed by combining experimental measurements and theoretical calculations.
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- Georgina Fabregat
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-Engineering
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- Departament de Química
- Escola Politècnica Superior
- Universitat de Lleida
- Lleida E-25001, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-Engineering
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E. T. S. d'Enginyers Industrials
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Center for Research in Nano-Engineering
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