Natural proteins as Nano materials in materials world

With the development of protein engineering, protein expression, and nano(bio)technologies, the ability to use 20 or more amino acids to design and produce genetically engineered protein materials is now possible. Advances in cell biology, chemistry and materials science are enabling the development of new protein materials for novel applications. These new materials contain molecular epitopes along with biomechanical, structural and functional components derived from natural protein-based structural scaffolds. The development of synthetic polymer systems provides a second route to new materials: the concept of using a library of monomers and having the methods to precisely order them to design and produce a new polymer is a long-sought objective of polymer scientists. Recent advances have been made in the development of synthetic proteins for novel applications