Controlled self-assembly of plant proteins into high-performance multifunctional nanostructured films

Ayaka Kamada; Marc Rodriguez-Garcia; Francesco Simone Ruggeri; Yi Shen; Aviad Levin; Tuomas P. J. Knowles

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23813-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Controlled self-assembly of plant proteins into high-performance multifunctional nanostructured films

Ayaka Kamada,
Marc Rodriguez-Garcia,
Francesco Simone Ruggeri,
Yi Shen,
Aviad Levin,
Tuomas P. J. Knowles

Affiliations

Ayaka Kamada: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Marc Rodriguez-Garcia: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Francesco Simone Ruggeri: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Yi Shen: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Aviad Levin: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Tuomas P. J. Knowles: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23813-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Green use of plant derived proteins in functional materials has been limited by inefficient methods to control micro and nanoscale structure. Here, the authors use nanoscale assembly of water-insoluble plant proteins to make meter scale films with comparable properties to conventional plastics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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