%A Christian Bortolini,Mingdong Dong %T Cystine oligomers successfully attached to peptide cysteine-rich fibrils %0 Journal Article %D 2016 %J Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. %J Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering %@ 2095-0179 %R 10.1007/s11705-016-1554-6 %P 99-102 %V 10 %N 1 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/fcse/EN/10.1007/s11705-016-1554-6 %8 2016-02-29 %X

Amyloid peptides are renowned to be related to neurodegenerative diseases, however, a fruitful avenue is to employ them as high-performance nanomaterials. These materials benefit from the intrinsic outstanding mechanical robustness of the amyloid backbone made of b-strands. In this work, we exploited amyloid-like fibrils as functional material to attach pristine L-cysteine aggregates (cystine oligomers) and gold nanoparticles, without the need of templating compounds. This work will open new avenues on functional materials design and their realisation.