Peptide Aggregates as Up-and-Coming Multivalent Biotechonogical Tools
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 15513
Special Issue Editors
2. Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides (CIRPeB), University of Naples “Federico II”, 80134 Naples, Italy
Interests: peptide self-assembling; peptide-based materials; amyloid materials; hydrogels; fibers; material characterization; co-assembly
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Interests: peptide-based materials; supramolecular chemistry; peptide self-assembly; peptide chemistry; metal complexes; diagnostic tools; hydrogels; bioactive peptides; supramolecular drug delivery systems; liposomes; active targeting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In collaboration with Prof. Antonella Accardo, I am glad and honored to announce as Guest Editor a Special Issue of Molecules on “Peptide Aggregates as Multivalent Biotechonogical Tools”.
Peptide chemistry and development is a rapidly growing field and the area of bioinspired and biomimetic materials for biotechnological applications is particularly fascinating. Nanofibers, hydrogels, nanovescicles, and nanowires are just a few examples of the peptide-based aggregates recently generated by “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches. Thanks to the multivalent features of the final aggregate, the introduction of several nanomaterials represents a radical milestone in the progress of several research areas.
Stimulating a multidisciplinary approach, peptide aggregates exhibit astonishing self-aggregation capabilities with tuneable features, allowing for the generation of structural or functional tools in nanomedicine. The interest in these peptide-based aggregates is enhanced by their capability to fuse unexpected functional properties (including electrical, optoelectronic, piezoelectric, and mechanical ones) with a noteworthy in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility.
This Special Issue deals with aspects of peptide aggregates’ hierarchical organization, supramolecular structuration, and potential biomedical applications relevant to drug delivery, tissue engineering, active pharmaceutical ingredient encapsulation (e.g., therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents), innovative treatments, investigation of self-assembling phenomena, optimization of material properties, and structural and functional analysis.
Full research articles and reviews covering these topics or similar ones are welcome.
Dr. Carlo Diaferia
Prof. Dr. Antonella Accardo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peptide aggregates
- self-assembling peptides
- peptide-based materials
- peptide–polymer conjugates
- structural characterization
- bioinspired materials
- biomolecular vehicles for drug delivery
- functional peptides
- nanomedicine
- stimuli-responsive aggregates
- hydrogels
- nanofibers
- nanotubes
- hybrid materials
- biotechnological applications
