Recent advances in nanoarchitectures of monocrystalline coordination polymers through confined assembly

• Lingling Xia,
• Qinyue Wang and
• Ming Hu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.67

• ]. The negatively charged biomacromolecules were believed to be one of the key factors to guide nucleation and growth of ZIF-8 crystals. The monocrystalline shells provide specific protection for the relatively weak biomacromolecules. Therefore, the protected biomacromolecules can remain active under

Luminescent gold nanoclusters for bioimaging applications

• Nonappa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 533–546, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.42

• an exact number of metal atoms and surface ligands (Figure 1A,B). Therefore, NCs are considered as colloidal molecules. Similar to plasmonic nanoparticles, the stability of NCs can be controlled by ligand passivation using small molecules, synthetic polymers or biomacromolecules. A significant

A silver-nanoparticle/cellulose-nanofiber composite as a highly effective substrate for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

• Yongxin Lu,
• Yan Luo,
• Zehao Lin and
• Jianguo Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1270–1279, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.126

• extensively and deepened systematically by K. Ariga and his colleagues [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Various functional units ranging from atoms and molecules to polymers, biomacromolecules and nanoscale objects are employed for the construction of specific nanoarchitectures by various chemical

Liquid-crystalline nanoarchitectures for tissue engineering

• Baeckkyoung Sung and
• Min-Ho Kim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 205–215, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.22

• ]. This molecular crowding effect is a well-known driving force that directs the LC self-organization of biomacromolecules in vivo. As a consequence, a variety of ordered architectures in living tissues resemble analogues of LC phases, related to diverse biological functions [50][51][52]. Figure 2 shows a

Recombinant DNA technology and click chemistry: a powerful combination for generating a hybrid elastin-like-statherin hydrogel to control calcium phosphate mineralization

• Mohamed Hamed Misbah,
• Mercedes Santos,
• Luis Quintanilla,
• Christina Günter,
• Matilde Alonso,
• Andreas Taubert and
• José Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 772–783, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.80

• . Recombinant DNA technology [22][23] and click chemistry [24][25][26] are two such approaches. Thus, recombinant DNA technology offers advantages such as reduction in production costs, a time reduction in large-scale bioproduction, close control of the biomacromolecules product sequence (size and uniformity

Nanoscale isoindigo-carriers: self-assembly and tunable properties

• Tatiana N. Pashirova,
• Andrei V. Bogdanov,
• Lenar I. Musin,
• Julia K. Voronina,
• Irek R. Nizameev,
• Marsil K. Kadirov,
• Vladimir F. Mironov,
• Lucia Ya. Zakharova,
• Shamil K. Latypov and
• Oleg G. Sinyashin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 313–324, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.34

• the treatment of leukaemia [28][29][30][31][32]. (iii) Another advantage of isatin and isoindigo derivatives is that they display binding properties of biomacromolecules (DNA, proteins and enzymes). It is noteworthy that isatin derivatives interact with DNA via an intercalating mechanism [12][13][33

Biopolymer colloids for controlling and templating inorganic synthesis

• Laura C. Preiss,
• Katharina Landfester and
• Rafael Muñoz-Espí

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2129–2138, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.222

• , micelles, and vesicles, and on the other hand continuous scaffolds generated by gelling biopolymers. Keywords: biomacromolecules; biopolymer; colloid; nanoparticle; organic–inorganic hybrid; template; Introduction During the natural synthesis of inorganic matter in living organisms, referred to as

• biomineralization, biogenic macromolecules are not only present in the crystallization medium, but play a crucial role in the mineral formation. Biomacromolecules, (e.g., polysaccharides, proteins, and nucleic acids) can have thereby two main functions: (i) a controlling effect on nucleation and growth of the

• templates: Biomacromolecules contain often functional groups (such as phosphates in DNA or carboxylic and amino groups in proteins) that are able to complex metal ions and act as nucleation centers for the growth of metal or mineral nanoparticles. The use of molecular templates as a support for inorganic

Electrochemical behavior of dye-linked L-proline dehydrogenase on glassy carbon electrodes modified by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

• Haitao Zheng,
• Leyi Lin,
• Yosuke Okezaki,
• Ryushi Kawakami,
• Haruhiko Sakuraba,
• Toshihisa Ohshima,
• Keiichi Takagi and
• Shin-ichiro Suye

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 135–141, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.16

• site of several biomacromolecules and the electrode surface can also be set up with the aid of CNTs [16][17]. Because the application of CNTs can dramatically improve the sensitivity of electrochemical sensors, more and more analytical chemists have focused their attention on CNTs-modified electrodes