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  1. Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  2. Efficient purification of arsenic-contaminated water using amyloid–carbon hybrid membranes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  3. Solvent-mediated conductance increase of dodecanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticle monolayers

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, December 2016, Beilstein Institut

    Raffaele Mezzenga, Dr Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer

  4. Amyloid–carbon hybrid membranes for universal water purification

    Article • Nature Nanotechnology, January 2016, Nature

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  5. Scanning-SAXS of microfluidic flows: nanostructural mapping of soft matter

    Article • Lab on a Chip, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  6. Amyloid Templated Gold Aerogels

    Article • Advanced Materials, November 2015, Wiley

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  7. pH-responsive lyotropic liquid crystals and their potential therapeutic role in cancer treatment

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  8. Supramolecular chiral self-assembly and supercoiling behavior of carrageenans at varying salt conditions

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  9. Gels, xerogels and films of polynuclear iron(ii)–aminotriazole spin-crossover polymeric complexes

    Article • RSC Advances, November 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer, Raffaele Mezzenga

  10. Re-entrant isotropic-nematic phase behavior in polymer-depleted amyloid fibrils

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, October 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  11. Soft condensed matter in food science

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, October 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  12. Reconstitution of OmpF membrane protein on bended lipid bilayers: perforated hexagonal mesophases

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  13. Controlling enzymatic activity and kinetics in swollen mesophases by physical nano-confinement

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  14. Novel Mechanistic Insight into the Molecular Basis of Amyloid Polymorphism and Secondary Nucleation during Amyloid Formation

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  15. Self-assembly and fibrillization of a Fmoc-functionalized polyphenolic amino acid

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  16. The effect of pH on the self-assembly of a collagen derived peptide amphiphile

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  17. Polymorphism in bovine serum albumin fibrils: morphology and statistical analysis

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  18. The interplay between carbon nanomaterials and amyloid fibrils in bio-nanotechnology

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  19. Towards lysozyme nanotube and 3D hybrid self-assembly

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  20. Physics of Self-Assembly of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

    Article • September 2012, Wiley

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  21. Self-Assembled Supramolecular Architectures

    Article • September 2012, Wiley

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  22. Carbon Nanotubes in the Liquid Phase: Addressing the Issue of Dispersion

    Article • Small, March 2012, Wiley

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  23. Proteins Fibrils from a Polymer Physics Perspective

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  24. Inhibiting, promoting, and preserving stability of functional proteinfibrils

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  25. Macroscopic Alignment of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals Using Magnetic Nanoparticles

    Article • Advanced Materials, July 2011, Wiley

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  26. Particle Tracking Microrheology of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Langmuir, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  27. pH-Responsive Lyotropic Liquid Crystals for Controlled Drug Delivery

    Article • Langmuir, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  28. Disassembly and Reassembly of Amyloid Fibrils in Water−Ethanol Mixtures

    Article • Biomacromolecules, January 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  29. Adjustable twisting periodic pitch of amyloid fibrils

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  30. Protein-templated Oil Gels and Powders

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  31. Spray-Dried Oil Powder with Ultrahigh Oil Content

    Article • Langmuir, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  32. Secondary Structure-Induced Micro- and Macrophase Separation in Rod-Coil Polypeptide Diblock, Triblock, and Star-Block Copolymers

    Article • Macromolecules, January 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga, Dr Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer

  33. Liquid Crystalline Period Variations in Self-Assembled Block Copolypeptides-Surfactant Ionic Complexes

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Afang Zhang, Raffaele Mezzenga

  34. Nanocomposites: Nanoparticles in the right place

    Article • Nature Materials, December 2009, Nature

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  35. Dendrons, Dendrimers…. Octopus!

    Article • CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, April 2009, Swiss Chemical Society

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  36. Novel Phase Morphologies in a Microphase-Separated Dendritic Polymer Melt

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  37. Oleoylethanolamide-Based Lyotropic Liquid Crystals as Vehicles for Delivery of Amino Acids in Aqueous Environment

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2009, Elsevier

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  38. Hierarchical self-organization in polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes based on heteroarm star block copolyampholytes

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  39. Self-Assembly of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers for Photovoltaic Applications

    Article • Macromolecular Symposia, July 2008, Wiley

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  40. Self-Organization on Multiple Length Scales in “Hairy Rod”-Coil Block Copolymer Supramolecular Complexes

    Article • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, February 2008, Wiley

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  41. Food structure and functionality: a soft matter perspective

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  42. Supramolecular routes towards liquid crystalline side-chain polymers

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  43. Emulsion-Templated Fully Reversible Protein-in-Oil Gels  

    Article • Langmuir, January 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  44. Anomalous Phase Sequences in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Physical Review Letters, October 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  45. Emulsion-Templated Fully Reversible Protein-in-Oil Gels

    Article • Langmuir, August 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  46. Understanding foods as soft materials

    Article • Nature Materials, October 2005, Nature

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  47. On the Role of Block Copolymers in Self-Assembly of Dense Colloidal Polymeric Systems

    Article • Langmuir, September 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga

  48. Effects of the Branching Architecture on the Reactivity of Epoxy−Amine Groups

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Raffaele Mezzenga