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    Curvature model for nanoparticle size effects on peptide fibril stability and molecular dynamics simulation data
    (Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, 2022) John, Torsten; Martin, Lisandra L.; Risselada, Herre Jelger; Abel, Bernd
    Nanostructured surfaces are widespread in nature and are being further developed in materials science. This makes them highly relevant for biomolecules, such as peptides. In this data article, we present a curvature model and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation data on the influence of nanoparticle size on the stability of amyloid peptide fibrils related to our research article entitled “Mechanistic insights into the size-dependent effects of nanoparticles on inhibiting and accelerating amyloid fibril formation” (John et al., 2022) [1]. We provide the code to perform MD simulations in GROMACS 4.5.7 software of arbitrarily chosen biomolecule oligomers adsorbed on a curved surface of chosen nanoparticle size. We also provide the simulation parameters and data for peptide oligomers of Aß40, NNFGAIL, GNNQQNY, and VQIYVK. The data provided allows researchers to further analyze our MD simulations and the curvature model allows for a better understanding of oligomeric structures on surfaces.
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    Addition of Iridium to the Biopolymer Mediated Synthesis of YBa2Cu3O7 δ
    (Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, 2012) Wimbush, Stuart C.; Marx, Werner; Barth, Andreas; Hall, Simon R.
    This work represents the first study into the addition of iridium into the solgel synthesis of the high temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7δ (Y123). Through a biopolymermediated synthetic approach, the homogeneous nature of the precursor sol and the preferred nucleation and growth of Y123 phases allow for a high yield of superconducting nanoparticles with no suppression of the superconducting critical temperature, even at high levels (40 wt%) of iridium addition. We attribute this to iridium not substituting into the Y123 crystal lattice, instead forming an associate phase.