Recent Advances in Protein-Graphene Supramolecular Assemblies

Dear Colleagues,

The interactions occurring between biomolecules and 2D nanomaterials rely on dynamic molecular forces that must be controlled to achieve geometrical assemblies. The flexible molecular surfaces of biomolecules allow them to combine with different surfaces leading to several nanometric architectures which may exhibit new or improved physical, chemical as well as biochemical properties. Amongst all, unveiling the molecular tenets of the interactions between proteins and 2D nanomaterials becomes mandatory to build new devices. This modern discipline, usually referred to as bionnaotechnology and nanobiotechnology, relies on Biochemistry, Structural Biology and computational molecular design, where single molecular bricks are arranged to create hybrid complexes thus disclosing new opportunities in many application fields. This Issue is addressed to report on both fundamental and applied studies with examples of bio-tailored materials and their applications. Due to the growing interest towards bio-based materials addressed to next-generation sequencing, molecular detection and sensing, this Topic aims to provide a platform of incoming techonolgies at a molecular level. The issue welcomes articles and reviews that explore, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• biochemical and computational analysis of proteins-2D nanomaterials interactions;
• assembly of novel nanostructures including protein, protein-nucleic acids complexes and 2D nanomaterials such as graphene, molybdenum disulfide and others;
• applications in bionanotechnology;
• artificial intelligence to build new hybrid materials.

Dr. Matteo Ardini
Guest Editor

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• protein supramolecular assemblies
• protein-2D materials nanostructures 
• tailored molecular interactions
• sequencing
• sensing
• detection