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The Cheminar

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Add to Calendar 2022-10-18 11:00:00 2022-10-18 12:00:00 The Cheminar October 18 | Classroom Bldg. 170 Creating Materials at the Nanoscalefrom Sequence-Engineered Peptides Andrea Merg Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UC Merced The fabrication of synthetic biomaterials that rival the complexity and function of their natural counterparts represents an outstanding challenge in the field of biomolecular self-assembly. In this talk, I will discuss our recent progress on employing unexplored peptide building block designs for creating hierarchical 2D and 3D nanomaterials with tailorable physical and chemical properties. New assembly strategies, which are enabled by the novel peptide constructs, will also be discussed. The development of these new design and assembly strategies will significantly expand the application scope and utility of peptide-based assemblies. 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211, USA College of the Pacific College of the Pacific America/Los_Angeles public

October 18 | Classroom Bldg. 170

Creating Materials at the Nanoscalefrom Sequence-Engineered Peptides

Andrea Merg
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UC Merced

The fabrication of synthetic biomaterials that rival the complexity and function of their natural counterparts represents an outstanding challenge in the field of biomolecular self-assembly. In this talk, I will discuss our recent progress on employing unexplored peptide building block designs for creating hierarchical 2D and 3D nanomaterials with tailorable physical and chemical properties. New assembly strategies, which are enabled by the novel peptide constructs, will also be discussed. The development of these new design and assembly strategies will significantly expand the application scope and utility of peptide-based assemblies.