7 / 2021-06-05 22:47:07

Short Peptides Self-Assembly Interfacial Engineering

peptides, self-assembly manufacturing, interfacial engineering

Ordered supramolecular interfacial organizations comprised of metabolic small molecules, such as short peptides, extensively participate in the naturally biological activities. Learning from nature, biomimicry of these naturally interfacial assemblies will facilitate the fabrication of eco-friendly functional integrations by simple bio-organic building blocks. The flexible and unique properties of the short peptides self-assemblies can be utilized for numerous bio/nano technological applications, such as the construction of soft, smart bio-organic functional surfaces. In addition, the intrinsic biocompatibility of the assemblies can bridge the interfacial engineering and the biological world. This may allow monitoring and sensing of a wide variety of metabolic activities, as well as analysis, and possibly interference, of the biological system, by rational design of interfacial assembling architectures. With these goals in mind, the short peptides interfacial integration systems can provide a promising technological tool for fundamental biology, biomedicine, bionanotechnology and advanced device engineering studies. 

This talk will introduce our accumulated progress on biomimetic interfacial integration engineering, emphasizing the design, interfacial adsorption, modification and self-assembly characterization of metabolic organizations, especially short peptides self-assemblies. Subsequently, our findings regarding their diverse physicochemical properties, including optical, mechanical, electric, semiconductive and piezoelectric behaviors, will be presented. Simultaneously, our ongoing studies and future plans will also be discussed.