Engineered protein-based functional nanopatterned materials for bio-optical devices.

ABSTRACT: The development of new active biocompatible materials and devices is a current need for their implementation in multiple fields, including the fabrication of implantable devices for biomedical applications and sustainable devices for bio-optics and bio-optoelectronics. This paper describes a simple strategy to use designed proteins to develop protein-based functional materials. Using simple proteins as self-assembling building blocks as a platform for the fabrication of new optically active materials takes previous work one step further towards the design of materials with defined structures and functions using naturally occurring protein materials, such as silk. The proposed fabrication strategy generates thin and flexible nanopatterned protein films by letting the engineered protein elem

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-deAlcazar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9418893 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature