Piezoelectric sensors for dioxins: a biomimetic approach

Preparation and characterization of gold nanoparticles capped by peptide–biphenyl hybrids

“…Additionally, peptides have been used as practical catalysts in organic synthesis [29] as well as hosts for molecular recognition [30]. More recent researches have been focused on the applications of peptides to the preparation of compounds with technological properties [31], including biomaterials [32], hydrogelators [33], liquid crystals [34], biosensors [35], magnetic materials [36], photoluminescence materials [37], electronic devices [38], and mesoporous materials [39], among others.…”

Peptide−Nanowire Hybrid Materials for Selective Sensing of Small Molecules

“…25,26 Oligopeptides have been coated onto piezoelectric crystal mass sensors to achieve selectivity to various saturated vapors. 21,22 The peptide sequences were rationally designed to mimic the putative binding sites of a human olfactory protein modeled by molecular simulation methods.…”

“…Indeed, most mammals can discriminate 10 000 or more distinct odors at detection levels of only a few parts per billion (ppb). 20 Successful attempts have been made to mimic these binding domains via the use of peptide aptamers, [21][22][23][24] which are biorecognition molecules that can be chemically engineered to bind specific targets. In this respect, peptides are particularly interesting because of their broad chemical diversity (acidity, hydrophobicity, etc.)…”

Selection of thrombin-binding aptamers by using computational approach for aptasensor application

“…Other comparative studies between simulated binding scores obtained from a database of candidates and experimental results, obtained by testing the ability of ligands to bind a target, have been reported, but only with oligopeptides (4)(5)(11)(12) or small organic compounds (13)(14)(15)(16) as potential ligands.…”