Self-assembling peptides and proteins for nanotechnological applications |
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Authors: | Rajagopal Karthikan Schneider Joel P |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. |
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Abstract: | Photolithography enables the precise construction of nanodevices in two-dimensional formats. However, self-assembly of designed molecules serves as an alternative for the construction of three-dimensional nanoscale systems and is particularly appealing in that material properties can potentially be engineered at the molecular level. Peptides and proteins hold promise as building blocks for self-assembled systems because of their exquisite three-dimensional structures and evolutionarily fine-tuned functions. |
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