When proteins shake hands

(Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena) Protein nanofibres often have outstanding properties such as a high stability, biodegradability, or antibacterial effect. Artificially creating these fibres is not easy, much less assigning them specific functions. That and how fibres with new properties can be successfully created is now being reported by materials scientists from Jena (Germany) in the latest issue of the renowned journal 'ACS NANO' (DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b07196).
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news