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Bharmoria P, Tietze AA, Mondal D, Kang TS, Kumar A, Freire MG. Do Ionic Liquids Exhibit the Required Characteristics to Dissolve, Extract, Stabilize, and Purify Proteins? Past-Present-Future Assessment. Chem Rev 2024; 124:3037-3084. [PMID: 38437627 PMCID: PMC10979405 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
Abstract
Proteins are highly labile molecules, thus requiring the presence of appropriate solvents and excipients in their liquid milieu to keep their stability and biological activity. In this field, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained momentum in the past years, with a relevant number of works reporting their successful use to dissolve, stabilize, extract, and purify proteins. Different approaches in protein-IL systems have been reported, namely, proteins dissolved in (i) neat ILs, (ii) ILs as co-solvents, (iii) ILs as adjuvants, (iv) ILs as surfactants, (v) ILs as phase-forming components of aqueous biphasic systems, and (vi) IL-polymer-protein/peptide conjugates. Herein, we critically analyze the works published to date and provide a comprehensive understanding of the IL-protein interactions affecting the stability, conformational alteration, unfolding, misfolding, and refolding of proteins while providing directions for future studies in view of imminent applications. Overall, it has been found that the stability or purification of proteins by ILs is bispecific and depends on the structure of both the IL and the protein. The most promising IL-protein systems are identified, which is valuable when foreseeing market applications of ILs, e.g., in "protein packaging" and "detergent applications". Future directions and other possibilities of IL-protein systems in light-harvesting and biotechnology/biomedical applications are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pankaj Bharmoria
- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Department
of Smart Molecular, Inorganic and Hybrid Materials, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular
and Translational Medicine, University of
Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular
and Translational Medicine, University of
Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Institute
of Plant Genetics (IPG), Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland
- Centre
for Nano and Material Sciences, JAIN (Deemed-to-be
University), Jain Global
Campus, Bangalore 562112, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, UGC Center for Advance Studies-II,
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
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- Salt
and Marine Chemicals Division, CSIR-Central
Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Sundaram V, Ramanan RN, Selvaraj M, Vijayaraghavan R, MacFarlane DR, Ooi CW. Structural stability of insulin aspart in aqueous cholinium aminoate ionic liquids based on molecular dynamics simulation studies. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Schindl A, Hagen ML, Muzammal S, Gunasekera HAD, Croft AK. Proteins in Ionic Liquids: Reactions, Applications, and Futures. Front Chem 2019; 7:347. [PMID: 31179267 PMCID: PMC6543490 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Biopolymer processing and handling is greatly facilitated by the use of ionic liquids, given the increased solubility, and in some cases, structural stability imparted to these molecules. Focussing on proteins, we highlight here not just the key drivers behind protein-ionic liquid interactions that facilitate these functionalities, but address relevant current and potential applications of protein-ionic liquid interactions, including areas of future interest.
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- Alexandra Schindl
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Centre for Additive Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Centre for Additive Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Omar EM, Rahman MBA, Ni B, Headley AD. The role of neutral anions in ionic liquid as solvent media for the reactivity and stereoselectivity towards asymmetric Michael addition reaction of n-pentanal with β-nitrostyrene catalyzed by L-Proline. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2019.1604969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Emmy M. Omar
- Integrated Chemical BioPhysics Research (ICheBP), Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Integrated Chemical BioPhysics Research (ICheBP), Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA
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Lim GS, Klähn M. On the Stability of Proteins Solvated in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids Studied with Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:9274-9288. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b06452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Geraldine S. Lim
- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16, Connexis, Singapore 138632, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833, Republic of Singapore
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Sprenger KG, Plaks JG, Kaar JL, Pfaendtner J. Elucidating sequence and solvent specific design targets to protect and stabilize enzymes for biocatalysis in ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018. [PMID: 28650512 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03013d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
For many different frameworks, the structure, function, and dynamics of an enzyme is largely determined by the nature of its interactions with the surrounding host environment, thus a molecular level understanding of enzyme/host interactions is essential to the design of new processes and applications. Ionic liquid (IL) solvents are a popular class of solvents in which to study enzyme behavior, yet it is still not possible to predict how a given enzyme will behave in a given IL solvent. Furthermore, a dearth of experimental data with which to evaluate simulation force fields has prevented the full integration of experimental and computational techniques to gain a complete picture of enzyme/IL interactions. Utilizing recently published crystallographic data of an enzyme in complex with an IL, this study aims to validate the use of current molecular force fields for studying enzyme/IL interactions, and to provide new mechanistic insight into enzyme stabilization in IL solvents. Classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been performed on both the folded and unfolded state of Bacillus subtilis lipase A and a quadruple-mutant version of lipase A, in solutions of aqueous 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride. Results show classical MD simulations can predict the preferred surface binding locations of IL cations as well as reductions in IL anion binding to mutated surface residues with high accuracy. The results also point to a mechanistic difference between IL binding to the folded and unfolded state of an enzyme, which we call the "counter-ion effect". These findings could have important implications for future rational design efforts to stabilize enzymes in non-conventional media.
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- K G Sprenger
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA.
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Azov VA, Egorova KS, Seitkalieva MM, Kashin AS, Ananikov VP. "Solvent-in-salt" systems for design of new materials in chemistry, biology and energy research. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:1250-1284. [PMID: 29410995 DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00547d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Inorganic and organic "solvent-in-salt" (SIS) systems have been known for decades but have attracted significant attention only recently. Molten salt hydrates/solvates have been successfully employed as non-flammable, benign electrolytes in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries leading to a revolution in battery development and design. SIS with organic components (for example, ionic liquids containing small amounts of water) demonstrate remarkable thermal stability and tunability, and present a class of admittedly safer electrolytes, in comparison with traditional organic solvents. Water molecules tend to form nano- and microstructures (droplets and channel networks) in ionic media impacting their heterogeneity. Such microscale domains can be employed as microreactors for chemical and enzymatic synthesis. In this review, we address known SIS systems and discuss their composition, structure, properties and dynamics. Special attention is paid to the current and potential applications of inorganic and organic SIS systems in energy research, chemistry and biochemistry. A separate section of this review is dedicated to experimental methods of SIS investigation, which is crucial for the development of this field.
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- Vladimir A Azov
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia. and Department of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Stary Petergof, 198504, Russia
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Zhao J, Frauenkron-Machedjou VJ, Fulton A, Zhu L, Davari MD, Jaeger KE, Schwaneberg U, Bocola M. Unraveling the effects of amino acid substitutions enhancing lipase resistance to an ionic liquid: a molecular dynamics study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:9600-9609. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08470f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The key properties affecting lipase resistance towards an ionic liquid are uncovered through a molecular dynamics study.
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- Jing Zhao
- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52426 Jülich
- Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
- Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52426 Jülich
- Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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Kumar A, Bisht M, Venkatesu P. Biocompatibility of ionic liquids towards protein stability: A comprehensive overview on the current understanding and their implications. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 96:611-651. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Egorova KS, Gordeev EG, Ananikov VP. Biological Activity of Ionic Liquids and Their Application in Pharmaceutics and Medicine. Chem Rev 2017; 117:7132-7189. [PMID: 28125212 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 911] [Impact Index Per Article: 130.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Ionic liquids are remarkable chemical compounds, which find applications in many areas of modern science. Because of their highly tunable nature and exceptional properties, ionic liquids have become essential players in the fields of synthesis and catalysis, extraction, electrochemistry, analytics, biotechnology, etc. Apart from physical and chemical features of ionic liquids, their high biological activity has been attracting significant attention from biochemists, ecologists, and medical scientists. This Review is dedicated to biological activities of ionic liquids, with a special emphasis on their potential employment in pharmaceutics and medicine. The accumulated data on the biological activity of ionic liquids, including their antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties, are discussed in view of possible applications in drug synthesis and drug delivery systems. Dedicated attention is given to a novel active pharmaceutical ingredient-ionic liquid (API-IL) concept, which suggests using traditional drugs in the form of ionic liquid species. The main aim of this Review is to attract a broad audience of chemical, biological, and medical scientists to study advantages of ionic liquid pharmaceutics. Overall, the discussed data highlight the importance of the research direction defined as "Ioliomics", studies of ions in liquids in modern chemistry, biology, and medicine.
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- Ksenia S Egorova
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky prospect 47, Moscow 119991, Russia.,Department of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University , Stary Petergof 198504, Russia
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Johnson LB, Snow CD. Molecular dynamics simulations of cellulase homologs in aqueous 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2016; 35:1990-2002. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2016.1204364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lucas B. Johnson
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, 1370 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, 1370 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370, USA
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Sprenger K, Choudhury A, Kaar JL, Pfaendtner J. Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases ScLPMO10B and ScLPMO10C Are Stable in Ionic Liquids As Determined by Molecular Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:3863-72. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b01688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- K.G. Sprenger
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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Sprenger K, Pfaendtner J. Using Molecular Simulation to Study Biocatalysis in Ionic Liquids. Methods Enzymol 2016; 577:419-41. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2016.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Kim HS, Eom D, Koo YM, Yingling YG. The effect of imidazolium cations on the structure and activity of the Candida antarctica Lipase B enzyme in ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:22062-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp02355j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To understand how cations affect the enzyme structure and activity of Candida antarctica Lipase B, we performed MD simulations of CALB in four types of ionic liquids with varying sizes of cations and correlated the results with the experimental data.
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- Ho Shin Kim
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh
- USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering
- Inha University
- Incheon
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering
- Inha University
- Incheon
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh
- USA
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