{"product_id":"9781118592410","title":"Peptide Materials: From Nanostuctures to Applications","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeptides are the building blocks of the natural world; with varied sequences and structures, they enrich materials producing more complex shapes, scaffolds and chemical properties with tailorable functionality. Essentially based on self-assembly and self-organization and mimicking the strategies that occur in Nature, peptide materials have been developed to accomplish certain functions such as the creation of specific secondary structures (a- or 310-helices, b-turns, b-sheets, coiled coils) or biocompatible surfaces with predetermined properties. They also play a key role in the generation of hybrid materials e.g. as peptide-inorganic biomineralized systems and peptide\/polymer conjugates, producing smart materials for imaging, bioelectronics, biosensing and molecular recognition applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganized into four sections, the book covers the fundamentals of peptide materials, peptide nanostructures, peptide conjugates and hybrid nanomaterials, and applications with chapters including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProperties of peptide scaffolds in solution and on solid substrates\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNanostructures, peptide assembly, and peptide nanostructure design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSoft spherical structures obtained from amphiphilic peptides and peptide-polymer hybrids\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFunctionalization of carbon nanotubes with peptides\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdsorption of peptides on metal and oxide surfaces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeptide applications including tissue engineering, molecular switches, peptide drugs and drug delivery\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeptide Materials: From Nanostructures to Applications\u003c\/i\u003e gives a truly interdisciplinary review, and should appeal to graduate students and researchers in the fields of materials science, nanotechnology, biomedicine and engineering as well as researchers in biomaterials and bio-inspired smart materials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134437736688,"sku":"9781118592410","price":202.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781118592410_p0.jpg?v=1769888855","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781118592410","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}