Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29146781›Full record

ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.)2017

Self-assembling peptide semiconductors.

Kai Tao, Pandeeswar Makam, Ruth Aizen, Ehud Gazit

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Review in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers.

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125citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Supramolecular Behaviour of Heterochiral Dipeptides With Ile.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2026
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  7. Construction of ZnGels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  11. COACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026
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  12. Peptide Sequence Programmed Piezoelectric Response by Supramolecular Self-Assembly.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Topology in Biological Piezoelectric Materials.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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65 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kai TaoDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-3899-5181
Pandeeswar MakamDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-1114-8089
Ruth AizenDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-9600-9741
Ehud GazitDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel. ehudg@post.tau.ac.il.ORCID 0000-0001-5764-1720

Funding

European Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semiconductors are central to the modern electronics and optics industries. Conventional semiconductive materials bear inherent limitations, especially in emerging fields such as interfacing with biological systems and bottom-up fabrication. A promising candidate for bioinspired and durable nanoscale semiconductors is the family of self-assembled nanostructures comprising short peptides. The highly ordered and directional intermolecular π-π interactions and hydrogen-bonding network allow the formation of quantum confined structures within the peptide self-assemblies, thus decreasing the band gaps of the superstructures into semiconductor regions. As a result of the diverse architectures and ease of modification of peptide self-assemblies, their semiconductivity can be readily tuned, doped, and functionalized. Therefore, this family of electroactive supramolecular materials may bridge the gap between the inorganic semiconductor world and biological systems.

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PMID29146781
PMCPMC5712217

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