Title :
Functionalised fibrils for bio-nanotechnology
Author :
Gras, Sally L. ; Squires, Adam M. ; Dobson, Christopher M. ; MacPhee, Cait E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Biomolecular Eng., Melbourne Univ.
Abstract :
Amyloid fibrils offer great potential as nano-materials. Functionalised fibrils assembled from peptides coupled to bioactive ligands interact specifically with cells compared to non-functionalized fibrils, suggesting that these fibrils are also promising bio-scaffolds.
Keywords :
biomedical materials; nanobiotechnology; amyloid fibrils; bio-nanotechnology; bio-scaffolds; bioactive ligands; functionalised fibrils; nanomaterials; nonfunctionalized fibrils; Adhesives; Assembly; Bionanotechnology; Displays; In vitro; Nanobioscience; Peptides; Proteins; Self-assembly; Sequences;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006. ICONN '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0452-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0452-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2006.340589