Peptide and Protein-Based Materials: Technology and Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2025) | Viewed by 888
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 machinery governing biosystem behavior. To mimic the functional properties and efficiency of these versatile biological engines, the last decade witnessed an explosion of interest in the application of peptides and proteins as smart biomaterials. The advancement of knowledge on peptide and protein technology has been impressive on both the fundamental side (mechanisms of growth of peptide nanostructures, controlled self-assembly of proteins, and rational design of multi-component systems) and its applications (nanocatalysis, biosensing, biohybrid devices, photonics, nanomedicine, tissue engineering, and drug delivery). It is now time for a comprehensive survey on the applications and technological progress in this exciting field. This Special Issue of Molecules, dedicated to “Peptide and Protein-Based materials: Technology and Applications”, aims to delineate the state of the art in this field.
This Special Issue is open to contributions from leading scientists in the nanomedicine, biomaterials science, bionanoengineering, and bionanotechnology fields on the following topics: a) biomedical applications of peptide and protein materials for therapy, prevention, and diagnostics; b) peptides and proteins as functional components of nanostructured materials (nanotubes, nanoparticles, ultrathin films, and nanofibers); c) rational design, properties, and applications of peptide- and protein-based materials; d) peptide–protein hybrid materials; e) peptide and protein networks, interfaces, hydrogels, and supramolecular complexes; and f) computational approaches for the design of peptide and protein nanostructures.
Dr. Mariano Venanzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bionanotechnology
- nanobiomedicine
- peptide materials
- peptide nanostructures
- protein materials
- protein technology
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