The following page provides scientific publications that utilize the bundlemer technology. Bundlemers represent a unique and tunable monodispersed peptide-based particle that can be used as a molecular building block for hierarchical material design. To learn more about how bundlemers have been designed and used for various applications, check out the articles below. The order in which articles are presented represents the order in which they were published.

Computationally Designed Peptides for Self-Assembly of Nanostructured Lattices

Huixi Violet Zhang, Frank Polzer, Michael J. Haider, Yu Tian, Jose A. Villegas, Kristi L. Kiick, Darrin J. Pochan, Jeffrey G. Saven

Sci. Adv., 9 (2016).

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600307

Transition from Disordered Aggregates to Ordered Lattices: Kinetic Control of the Assembly of a Computationally Designed Peptide

Yu Tian, Huixi Violet Zhang, Kristi L. Kiick, , Jeffrey G. Saven, Darrin J. Pochan

Org. Biomol. Chem., 15 6109-6118 (2017).

DOI: 10.1039/C7OB01197K

Self-Assembly and Soluble Aggregate Behavior of Computationally Designed Coiled-Coil Peptide Bundles

Michael J. Haider, Huixi Violet Zhang, Nairiti Sinha, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Kristi L. Kiick, Jeffrey G. Saven, Darrin J. Pochan

J. Soft Matter, 14 5488-5496 (2018).

DOI: 10.1039/C8SM00435H

Nanotubes, Plates, and Needles: Pathway-Dependent Self-Assembly of Computationally Designed Peptides

Yu Tian, Frank B. Polzer, Huixi Violet Zhang, Kristi L. Kiick, Jeffrey G. Saven, Darrin J. Pochan

Biomacromolecules, 19 4286-4298 (2018).

DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01163

Polymers with Controlled Assembly and Rigidity Made with Click-Functional Peptide Bundles

Dongdong Wu, Nairiti Sinha, Jeeyoung Lee, Bryan P. Sutherland, Nicole I. Halasynski, Yu Tian, Jeffrey Caplan, Huixi Violet Zhang, Jeffrey G. Saven, Christopher J. Kloxin, Darrin J. Pochan

Nature, 574 658-662 (2019).

DOI: s41586-019-1683-4

Polyelectrolyte Character of Rigid Rod Peptide Bundlemer Chains Constructed via Hierarchical Self-Assembly

Nairiti Sinha, Dongdong Wu, Christopher J. Kloxin, Jeffrey G. Saven, Grethe V. Jensen, Darrin J. Pochan

Soft Matter, 15 9858-8670 (2019).

DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01894H

Recombinant Expression of Computationally Designed Peptide-Bundlemers in Escherichia coli

Nairiti Sinha, Christopher J. Kloxin, Jeffrey G. Saven, Grethe V. Jensen, Zvi Kelman, Darrin J. Pochan

J. Biotech., 330 57-60 (2021).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.03.004

Intramolecular Structure and Dynamics in Computationally Designed Peptide-Based Polymers Displaying Tunable Chain Stiffness

Nairiti Sinha, Yi Shi, Yao Tang, Christopher J. Kloxin, Jeffrey G. Saven, Antonio Faraone, Grethe V. Jensen, Darrin J. Pochan

Phys. Rev. Mater., 5 (2021).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.095601

Colloid-Like Solution Behavior of Computationally Designed Coiled Coil Bundlemers

Nairiti Sinha, Rui Guo, Rajkumar Misra, Jeffrey Fagan, Antonio Faraone, Christopher J. Kloxin, Jeffrey G. Saven, Grethe V. Jensen, Darrin J. Pochan

J. Colloid Interface Sci., 606 1974-1982 (2022).

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.09.184

Computational Design of Homotetrameric Peptide Bundle Variants Spanning a Wide Range of Charge States

Rui Guo, Nairiti, Sinha, Rajkumar Misra, Yao Tang, Matthew Langenstein, Kyunghee Kim, Jeffrey Fagan, Christopher J. Kloxin, Grethe V. Jensen, Darrin J. Pochan, Jeffrey G. Saven

Biomacromolecules, 23 1652-1661 (2022).

DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c01539

Genetic Fusion of Thermoresponsive Polypeptides with UCST-type Behavior Mediates 1D Assembly of Coiled-Coil Bundlemers

Sai S. Patkar, Yao Tang, Arriana M. Bisram, Tianren Zhang, Jeffrey G. Saven, Darrin J. Pochan, Kristi L. Kiick

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 62 (2023).

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301331

Bottom–Up On-Surface Synthesis Based on Click-Functionalized Peptide Bundles

Yanmei He, Dongdong Wu, Xinigdong, Zhang

Nanoscale, 15 8996-9002 (2023).

DOI: 10.1039/D3NR01070H

Impact of Peptide Length and Solution Conditions on Tetrameric Coiled Coil Formation

Joshua E. Meisenhelter, Nolan R. Petrich, Jacquelyn E. Blum, Albree R. Weisen, Rui Guo, Jeffrey G. Saven, Darrin J. Pochan, Christopher J. Kloxin

Biomacromolecules, (2024).

DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00355