Nanomechanics of functional and pathological amyloid materials

Failure of Aβ(1-40) amyloid fibrils under tensile loading

(2011) Raffaella Paparcone et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Self-folding and aggregation of amyloid nanofibrils

(2011) Raffaella Paparcone et al.   Nanoscale

Nanoscale Flexibility Parameters of Alzheimer Amyloid Fibrils Determined by Electron Cryo-Microscopy

(2010) Carsten Sachse et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Alzheimer's Aβ(1-40) Amyloid Fibrils Feature Size-Dependent Mechanical Properties

(2010) Zhiping Xu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Detection of Populations of Amyloid-Like Protofibrils with Different Physical Properties

(2010) Annalisa Relini et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Alignment of a Model Amyloid Peptide Fragment in Bulk and at a Solid Surface

(2010) Ian W. Hamley et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Nanostructured films from hierarchical self-assembly of amyloidogenic proteins

(2010) Tuomas P. J. Knowles et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Understanding amyloid aggregation by statistical analysis of atomic force microscopy images

(2010) Jozef Adamcik et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Mechanical energy transfer and dissipation in fibrous beta-sheet-rich proteins

(2010) Zhiping Xu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Peripherally Applied A -Containing Inoculates Induce Cerebral  -Amyloidosis

(2010) Y. S. Eisele et al.   SCIENCE

Strength of Nanotubes, Filaments, and Nanowires From Sonication-Induced Scission

(2009) Yan Y. Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Compressibility of insulin amyloid fibrils determined by X-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell

(2009) Filip Meersman et al.   HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH

N-terminal Domains Elicit Formation of Functional Pmel17 Amyloid Fibrils

(2009) Brenda Watt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Atomistic simulation of nanomechanical properties of Alzheimer’s Aβ(1–40) amyloid fibrils under compressive and tensile loading

(2009) Raffaella Paparcone et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Factors That Affect the Degree of Twist in β-Sheet Structures: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of a Cross-β Filament of the GNNQQNY Peptide

(2009) Xavier Periole et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Efficient Energy Transfer within Self-Assembling Peptide Fibers: A Route to Light-Harvesting Nanomaterials

(2009) Kevin J. Channon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Beyond the prion principle

(2009) Adriano Aguzzi   NATURE

Self-assembled arrays of peptide nanotubes by vapour deposition

(2009) Lihi Adler-Abramovich et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

The Transcellular Spread of Cytosolic Amyloids, Prions, and Prionoids

(2009) Adriano Aguzzi et al.   NEURON

Elongation dynamics of amyloid fibrils: A rugged energy landscape picture

(2009) Chiu Fan Lee et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Oligomeric amyloid   associates with postsynaptic densities and correlates with excitatory synapse loss near senile plaques

(2009) R. M. Koffie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An Analytical Solution to the Kinetics of Breakable Filament Assembly

(2009) T. P. J. Knowles et al.   SCIENCE

Functional Amyloids As Natural Storage of Peptide Hormones in Pituitary Secretory Granules

(2009) S. K. Maji et al.   SCIENCE

Integration of amyloid nanowires in organic solar cells

(2008) S. Barrau et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Functionalised amyloid fibrils for roles in cell adhesion

(2008) Sally L. Gras et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Stress-Strain Experiments on Individual Collagen Fibrils

(2008) Zhilei L. Shen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Geometric Confinement Governs the Rupture Strength of H-bond Assemblies at a Critical Length Scale

(2008) Sinan Keten et al.   NANO LETTERS

Rapid appearance and local toxicity of amyloid-β plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

(2008) Melanie Meyer-Luehmann et al.   NATURE

High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the F-actin-fimbrin/plastin ABD2 complex

(2008) V. E. Galkin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular structural basis for polymorphism in Alzheimer's  -amyloid fibrils

(2008) A. K. Paravastu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amyloid Fibrils of the HET-s(218-289) Prion Form a   Solenoid with a Triangular Hydrophobic Core

(2008) C. Wasmer et al.   SCIENCE

Amyloid as a Depot for the Formulation of Long-Acting Drugs

(2008) Samir K Maji et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY