Peptide materials from nanostructures to applications / edited by Carlos Alemán, Alberto Bianco and Mariano Venanzi.

Other author Alemán, Carlos, Dr.
Other author Bianco, Alberto, 1967-
Other author Venanzi, Mariano.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2013.
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Contents Part I. Fundamentals of Peptide Materials -- Physics of Peptide Nanostructures and Their Nanotechnology Applications / Nadav Amdursky, Peter Beker and Gil Rosenman -- Chemistry of Peptide Materials : Synthetic Aspects and 3D Structural Studies -- Conformational Aspects and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptide Hybrid Materials : From Methods and Concepts to Applications / Carlos Alemán, Oscar Bertran, Jordi Casanovas, Juan Torras, Guillermo Revilla-López and David Zanuy -- Peptronics : Peptide Materials for Electron Transfer / Emanuela Gatto and Mariano Venanzi -- Part II. Peptide Nanostructures -- Molecular Architecture with Peptide Assembling for Nanomaterials / Shunsaku Kimura and Motoki Ueda -- Principles of Shape-Driven Nanostructure Design via Self-Assembly of Protein Building Blocks / Idit Buch, Chung-Jung Tsai, Carlos Alemán and Ruth Nussinov -- Peptide-Based Soft Spherical Structures / K. Vijaya Krishna, Nidhi Gour and Sandeep Verma -- Part III. Peptide Conjugates and Hybrid Materials -- Peptide-Based Carbon Nanotube Dispersal Agents / Anton S. Klimenko and Gregg R. Dieckmann -- Nanosized Vectors for Transfection Assembled from Peptides and Nucleic Acids / Burkhard Bechinger -- Properties of Disubstituted Ferrocene-Peptide Conjugates : Design and Applications / Sanela Martić, Samaneh Beheshti and Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz -- Mechanisms of Adsorption of Short Peptides on Metal and Oxide Surfaces / Vincent Humblot, Jessem Landoulsi and Claire-Marie Pradier -- Part IV. Applications of Peptide Materials -- Bioactive Rosette Nanotubes for Bone Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery / Rachel L. Beingessner, Alaaeddin Alsbaiee, Baljit Singh, Thomas J. Webster and Hicham Fenniri -- Peptide Secondary Structures as Molecular Switches / Fernando Formaggio, Alessandro Moretto, Marco Crisma and Claudio Toniolo -- Peptide Nanostructured Conjugates for Therapeutics : The Example of P140 Peptide for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus / Yves Frère, Louis Danicher and Sylviane Muller -- Identification and Application of Polymer-Binding Peptides / Toshiki Sawada and Takeshi Serizawa.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Peptide materials First edition. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013 9781119953739
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