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The interplay between carbon nanomaterials and amyloid fibrils in bio-nanotechnology.
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The interplay between carbon nanomaterials and amyloid fibrils in bio-nanotechnology.

  • Li C ETH Zurich, Food & Soft Materials, Department of Health Science & Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Mezzenga R
  • 2013-06-08
Published in:
  • Nanoscale. - 2013
Amyloid
Fullerenes
Graphite
Humans
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Nanotechnology
Nanotubes, Carbon
Polyethylene Glycols
English Recent advances in bio-nanotechnology have not only rapidly broadened the applications and scope of hybrid nanomaterials in biological fields, but also greatly enriched the examples of ordered materials based on supramolecular self-assembly. Among eminent examples of functional nanostructured materials of undisputed impact in nanotechnology and biological environments, carbon nanomaterials (such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene) and amyloid fibrils have attracted great attention because of their unique architectures and exceptional physical properties. Nonetheless, combination of these two classes of nanomaterials into functional hybrids is far from trivial. For example, the presence of carbon nanomaterials can offer either an inhibitory effect or promotion of amyloid fibrillation, depending on the structural architectures of carbon nanomaterials and the starting amyloid proteins/peptides considered. To date, numerous studies have been devoted to evaluating both the biological toxicity of carbon nanomaterials and their use in developing therapies for amyloidosis. At the same time, hybridization of these two classes of nanomaterials offers new possibilities for combining some of their desirable properties into nanocomposites of possible use in electronics, actuators, sensing, biomedicine and structural materials. This review describes recent developments in the hybridization of carbon nanomaterials and amyloid fibrils and discusses the current state of the art on the application of carbon nanomaterial-amyloid fibril hybrids in bio-nanotechnology.
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