Surface topography dependence of biomolecular hydrophobic hydration
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It has been possible to show a topography dependence for hydrophobic hydration of a molecular surface. This research involved making computer simulations of the interaction between the polypeptide melittin and water. These simulations show that the two different hydration structures also exist near a biomolecular surface. It is suggested that the temperature dependence of hydrophobic interaction connected with melittin hydration should be clearly different from that connected with small-molecule hydration even in the case of essentially complete enthalpy-entropy compensation at a specific temperature.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Selection of peptides with semiconductor binding specificity for directed nanocrystal assembly
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It has been been possible to demonstrate the power of using phage-display libraries to identify, develop and amplify binding between organic peptide sequences and inorganic semiconductor substrates. Combinatorial phage-display libraries are effective in evolving peptides that bind to a range of semiconductor surfaces with high specificity.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Collapse of stiff conjugated polymers with chemical defects into ordered, cylindrical conformations
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Research is presented concerning the role played by the conformation of biological and synthetic polymer chains in the electronic, mechanical and optical properties of the polymers.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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