Issue 1, 2010
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Amphiphilic peptides and their cross-disciplinary role as building blocks for nanoscience

Silvia Cavalli,*ab   Fernando Albericio*abc  and  Alexander Kros*d  

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a CIBER-BBN, Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine, Barcelona Science Park, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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b Institute for Research in Biomedicine, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

c Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

d Institute of Chemistry, University Leiden, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Peptides are particularly attractive as molecular building blocks in the bottom-up fabrication of supramolecular structures based on self-assembly and have potential in many important applications in the fields of biotechnology and bioengineering. In the first part of this critical review the main categories of peptide-based amphiphiles will be discussed by showing some relevant examples, which demonstrate the importance of amphiphilic peptides as molecular building blocks for nanostructures. In the second part of this review we will review the cross-disciplinary role of peptide-based supramolecular nanoarchitectures ranging from chemistry to biology, medicine, materials science, and engineering through discussing several examples of applied nanomaterials (216 references).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B906701A
Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
08 Jul 2009
First published
13 Oct 2009

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2010,39, 241-263

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Amphiphilic peptides and their cross-disciplinary role as building blocks for nanoscience

S. Cavalli, F. Albericio and A. Kros, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2010, 39, 241 DOI: 10.1039/B906701A

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