Emergent Applications of Peptide and Protein Nanotechnology
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 3043
Special Issue Editor
Interests: peptide and protein nanotechnology; peptide materials; spectroscopy of biomolecules; peptide self-assembly; porphyrin aggregation and nanostructures
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Dear Colleagues,
Peptides and proteins are fundamental components of the cellular machinery. With the idea of mimicking the functional properties of these versatile biological engines, the last decade has witnessed an explosion of interest in nanotechnological applications of peptides and proteins as smart biomaterials. The advancement of knowledge has been impressive on both the fundamental side (mechanisms of growth of peptide nanostructures, controlled self-assembly of proteins, rational design of multi-component systems) and in applications (nanocatalysis, biosensing, biohybrid devices, nanomedicine). It is now time for a comprehensive survey of the applications springing from this exciting field, and I am grateful to Nanomaterials for the opportunity to be guest editor for a Special Issue dedicated to ‘Emergent Applications of Peptide and Protein Nanotechnology’.
This Special Issue is open to contributions on: (a) biomedical applications of peptide and protein nanostructures for therapy, prevention, and diagnostics; (b) peptides and proteins as functional components of nanostructured materials (nanotubes, nanoparticles, ultrathin films, nanofibers); (c) the rational design, properties, and applications of peptide- and protein-based materials; (d) peptide and protein hybrid materials; (e) peptide and protein networks, interfaces, and supramolecular complexes; and (f) computational approaches to the design of peptide and protein nanostructures. Our contributors are leading scientists from the bionanoworld, i.e., nanomedicine, biomaterials science, bionanoengineering, and bionanotechnology.
Prof. Dr. Mariano Venanzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- peptide and protein nanotechnology
- peptide and protein-based materials
- peptide and protein nanostructures
- bioinspired nanotechnology
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