Search Results - "Frederix, Pim W. J. M."
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Coacervate formation studied by explicit solvent coarse-grain molecular dynamics with the Martini model
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (23-06-2021)“…Complex coacervates are liquid-liquid phase separated systems, typically containing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. They are widely studied for their…”
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Virtual Screening for Dipeptide Aggregation: Toward Predictive Tools for Peptide Self-Assembly
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (06-10-2011)“…Several short peptide sequences are known to self-assemble into supramolecular nanostructures with interesting properties. In this study, coarse-grained…”
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Differential Self-Assembly and Tunable Emission of Aromatic Peptide Bola-Amphiphiles Containing Perylene Bisimide in Polar Solvents Including Water
Published in Langmuir (01-07-2014)“…We demonstrate the self-assembly of bola-amphiphile-type conjugates of dipeptides and perylene bisimide (PBI) in water and other polar solvents. Depending on…”
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Conducting Nanofibers and Organogels Derived from the Self-Assembly of Tetrathiafulvalene-Appended Dipeptides
Published in Langmuir (21-10-2014)“…We demonstrate the nonaqueous self-assembly of a low-molecular-mass organic gelator based on an electroactive p-type tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)–dipeptide…”
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Exploring the sequence space for (tri-)peptide self-assembly to design and discover new hydrogels
Published in Nature chemistry (2015)“…Peptides that self-assemble into nanostructures are of tremendous interest for biological, medical, photonic and nanotechnological applications. The enormous…”
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Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (09-06-2017)“…Melanins are a family of heterogeneous polymeric pigments that provide ultraviolet (UV) light protection, structural support, coloration, and free radical…”
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Stable Emulsions Formed by Self-Assembly of Interfacial Networks of Dipeptide Derivatives
Published in ACS nano (22-07-2014)“…We demonstrate the use of dipeptide amphiphiles that, by hand shaking of a biphasic solvent system for a few seconds, form emulsions that remain stable for…”
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Caught in the Act: Mechanistic Insight into Supramolecular Polymerization-Driven Self-Replication from Real-Time Visualization
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (12-08-2020)“…Self-assembly features prominently in fields ranging from materials science to biophysical chemistry. Assembly pathways, often passing through transient…”
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Exchange pathways of plastoquinone and plastoquinol in the photosystem II complex
Published in Nature communications (10-05-2017)“…Plastoquinone (PLQ) acts as an electron carrier between photosystem II (PSII) and the cytochrome b 6 f complex. To understand how PLQ enters and leaves PSII,…”
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Insights into the Coassembly of Hydrogelators and Surfactants Based on Aromatic Peptide Amphiphiles
Published in Biomacromolecules (14-04-2014)“…The coassembly of small molecules is a useful means of increasing the complexity and functionality of their resultant supramolecular constructs in a modular…”
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Aromatic peptide amphiphiles: significance of the Fmoc moiety
Published in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (01-01-2013)“…Aromatic peptide amphiphile hydrogelators commonly utilise the fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl moiety as an N-terminal capping group. Material properties and…”
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Biocatalytic Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Charge-Transfer Nanostructures Based on n-Type Semiconductor-Appended Peptides
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (02-06-2014)“…The reversible in situ formation of a self‐assembly building block (naphthalenediimide (NDI)–dipeptide conjugate) by enzymatic condensation of…”
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Supramolecular Nucleoside-Based Gel: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Characterization of Its Nanoarchitecture and Self-Assembly Mechanism
Published in Langmuir (12-06-2018)“…Among the diversity of existing supramolecular hydrogels, nucleic acid-based hydrogels are of particular interest for potential drug delivery and tissue…”
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Assessing the Utility of Infrared Spectroscopy as a Structural Diagnostic Tool for β‑Sheets in Self-Assembling Aromatic Peptide Amphiphiles
Published in Langmuir (30-07-2013)“…β-Sheets are a commonly found structural motif in self-assembling aromatic peptide amphiphiles, and their characteristic “amide I” infrared (IR) absorption…”
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Tunable Supramolecular Gel Properties by Varying Thermal History
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (12-06-2019)“…The possibility of using differential pre‐heating prior to supramolecular gelation to control the balance between hydrogen‐bonding and aromatic stacking…”
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Stochastic Emergence of Two Distinct Self-Replicators from a Dynamic Combinatorial Library
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (13-04-2022)“…Unraveling how chemistry can give rise to biology is one of the greatest challenges of contemporary science. Achieving life-like properties in chemical systems…”
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Molecular Dynamics of Photosystem II Embedded in the Thylakoid Membrane
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (20-04-2017)“…Photosystem II (PSII) is one of the key protein complexes in photosynthesis. We introduce a coarse grained model of PSII and present the analysis of 60 μs…”
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Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of Assemblies of Self-Replicating Peptide Macrocycles
Published in ACS nano (22-08-2017)“…Self-replication at the molecular level is often seen as essential to the early origins of life. Recently a mechanism of self-replication has been discovered…”
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Dramatic Specific-Ion Effect in Supramolecular Hydrogels
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (10-09-2012)“…We report on a pronounced specific‐ion effect on the intermolecular and chiral organization, supramolecular structure formation, and resulting materials…”
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Biocatalytically Triggered Co-Assembly of Two-Component Core/Shell Nanofibers
Published in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (01-03-2014)“…For the development of applications and novel uses for peptide nanostructures, robust routes for their surface functionalization, that ideally do not interfere…”
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