| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Materials Science for Global Development -- Health, Energy, and Environment: An SMD Symposium in Honor of Wole Soboyejo
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| Presentation Title |
Rationally Designed Peptides as Emerging Fenton Catalysts |
| Author(s) |
Jacob Allen Freitag, Candan Tamerler |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jacob Allen Freitag |
| Abstract Scope |
There is an emerging interest in Fenton catalysts that facilitate the removal of a variety of contaminants from wastewater. Fenton-like reactions have been used for the degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater treatment, however, traditional Fenton reagents have several limitations including toxic byproducts, additionally, the Fenton reaction is dependent on the solubility of Iron limiting the rate of the overall reaction. Enzyme-like catalysts recently emerged as biomolecular catalysts with potential for broad applications. Peptide biocatalysts can be designed with unique properties to present functional residues in catalyzing a diversity of reactions that make them ideal replacements for synthetic counterparts, usually having a shorter half-life, and degrading into their organic components. Here we explored and engineered a variety of short peptides in attempts to characterize their ability to chelate ferric/ferrous Ions as well as explore the possibility of facilitating Fenton-like reactions in a variety of pH conditions. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Sustainability, Environmental Effects, Biomaterials |