Mechanisms of Formation of Biomolecule Complexes: Theory, Experiment, Applications
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Structure and Dynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1948
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Interests: adsorption kinetics via quartz crystal microbalance; biofunctionalisation; interfacial phenomena (self- assembly etc.); ZnO nanocrystalline film synthesis and functionalisation; FT-IRRAS
Interests: biocompatible polyelectrolyte films; polysaccharides; biomaterials; application of electrokinetic techniques for determination of the properties of nanocomposites; binding proteins to polyelectrolyte multilayers; determination of the stability of polyelectrolyte mono- and multilayers; determination of the physicochemical properties of polyelectrolytes in bulk
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Dear Colleagues,
Complexes are crucial in industrial applications because they can be employed in dialysis, ultrafiltration or seawater desalination, protein purification, growth factor delivery and encapsulating drugs. Control of the complex stability, and determination of their physicochemical properties and biological activity are especially important.
The Special Issue is devoted to the most recent research on the determination of formation mechanisms underlying biomolecule complexes. The process of combining proteins, polypeptides or biocompatible polyelectrolytes into defined aggregates/ coacervates will be broadly discussed.
Despite the vital importance of biomolecule complexes in these fields, the mechanisms of formation of biomolecule complexes and kinetics of the immobilization processes of bioactive agents are not sufficiently understood nor described theoretically or experimentally in the literature.
To fill this gap, this Special Issue will cover the most recent research focused on these phenomena. Original articles, brief communications and review articles are invited.
Dr. Agata Pomorska
Dr. Aneta Michna
Dr. Maria Morga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomolecule complexes
- biomolecule coacervates
- complex stability
- mechanisms of formation of biomolecule complexes
- phase separation
- application of biomolecule complexes in biomedical industry
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