2025

A new route for the determination of protein structure. Sara H Mejias*, Ricardo Mincigrucci, Angelo Beratto-Ramos, Cristian Sventina, Aitizber L Cortajarena and Claudio Masciovecchio. (2024). AIP Advances. 15 (8): 085205. For the full text: Click here.


The relevance of amino acid-chromophore interactions in protein conformational changes and their impact on chromophore relaxation dynamics. Claudia F Echavarría, Daniel kocsi, Mohamed Abdellah, Starla Glover and Sara H Mejias*. (2025). Chem Arxiv. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-5krws. For the full text: Click here.

2024

Development of artificial photosystems based on designed protein for mechanistic insights into photosynthesis. Gonzalo Pérez Serrano, Claudia F Echavarría and Sara H Mejias*. (2024). Protein Science. 33 (10) e5164. For the full text: Click here.


Microfluidic-driven short peptides hydrogels with optical waveguiding property. Garcia AM, Garcia-Romero JA, Sara H Mejias, Prieto P, Saggiomo V, Velders AH, Soriano LM, Ruiz-Díez V, Cabanillas-González J, Gomez MV. (2024). Journal of Material Chemistry C. 12, 6027-6034. For the full text: Click here.

2023

Protein- and Peptide-Inorganic Nanoparticles as theranostic vehicles. C Kokotidou, Sara H Mejias, Georgilis E. (2023) Functional Materials in Biomedical applications. 165-225

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2022

Polymer Dots as Photoactive Membrane Vesicles for [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Self-Assembly and Solar-Driven Hydrogen Evolution. Pavliuk M V, Lorenzi M, Morado D R, Gedda L, Wrede S, Sara H Mejias, Liu A, Senger M, Glover S, Edwards K, Berggren G, Tian H. (2022) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 30, 13600–13611. 

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Designing Artificial Fluorescent Proteins: Squaraine‐LmrR Biophosphors for High Performance Deep‐Red Biohybrid Light‐Emitting Diodes. Ferrara S, Sara H. Mejias, Liutkus M, Renno G, Stella F, Kociolek I, Fuenzalida-Werner J P, Barolo C, Coto P B, Cortajarena AL, and Costa RD. (2022) Adv. Funct. Mater. 32, 2111381.

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2021

Engineering conductive protein films through nanoscale self-assembly and gold nanoparticles doping. Sara H Mejias, Lopez-Martínez E, Fernandez M, Couleaud P, Martin-Lasanta A, Romera D, Sanchez-Iglesias S, Casado S, Osorio MR, Abad JM, González MT, Cortajarena Al.  (2021) Nanoscale. 13, 6772-6779.  

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2020

Impact of binding multidrug resistance regulator LmrR protein on the photophysical and chemical properties of photosensitizers. Sara H Mejias*, Roelfes G, and Browne WR*. (2020) Phys Chem Chem Phys. 22: 12228-12238.

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Protein-directed crystalline 2D fullerene assemblies. Liutkus M, Andarias AL, Sara H Mejias, Andarias JL, Gil-Carton D, Feixas F, Osuna S, Matsuda W, Sakurai T, Seki S, Atienza C, Martin N and Cortajarena AL. (2020) Nanoscale. 12:3614-3622.

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2019

Repeat proteins as versatile scaffold to template arrays of redox active clusters. Sara H Mejias, Bahrami-Dizicheh z, Liutkus M, Sommer DJ, Astashkin A, Kodis G, Ghirlanda G, Cortajarena AL. (2019) Chemm Comm. 55, 3319-3322. (Highlighted in the cover)

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2018

Fluorescent flavoprotein heterodimers: combining photostability with singlet oxygen generation. Rodrigez-Pulido A, Torra J, Sara H Mejias, Cortaharena AL, Ruiz-Gonzalez R, Nonell S, Flors C. (2018) ChemPhotoChem. 2 (7) 571-574.

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Self-assembly of repeat proteins: concept and design of new interfaces. Sanchez de Alcazar D+, Sara H Mejias+, Erazo K, Sot B, Cortajarena  AL. +Shared authors.  (2018) J Struct Biol. 201 (2), 118-129.

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2017

Toward bioelectronic nanomaterials:  photoconductivity in protein-porphyrin hybrids wrapped around SWCNT. Lopez-Andarias J+, Sara H Mejias+, Sakurai T, Matsuda W, Seki S, Feixas F, Osuna S, Atienza C, Martin N, Cortajarena AL. +Shared authors. (2017) Adv Funct Mater. 28 (24) 1704031. 

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2016

Repeat proteins scaffolds: ordering photo and electroactive molecules in solution and solid state. Sara H Mejias, Lopez-Andarias J, Sakurai T, Yoneda S, Erazo K, Seki S, Atienza C, Martin N, Cortajarena AL. (2016) Chem Sci. 7, 4842-4842. (Highlited in back cover)

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Assembly of designed protein scaffold into monolayers for nanoparticles patterning. Sara H  Mejias, Couleaud P, Casado S, Granados D, García MA, Abad JM, Cortajarena AL. (2016) Colloids and Surf B Biointerfaces. 141, 93-101.

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10.     Book chapter. Sara H. Mejías, Antonio Aires. Pierre Couleaud, Aitziber L Cortajarena. 2016. Designed repeat proteins as building blocks for nanofabrication. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 940, pp.61-81. (Book Chapter 4). Editors: Aitziber L Cortajarena, Tiana Z Grove. ISBN: 978-3-319-39194-6. (Print); 978-3-319-39196-0 (Online).

2015

Designed modular proteins as scaffold to stabilize fluorescent nanoclusters. Couleaud P, Adan-  Bermudez S, Aires A, Sara H Mejias, Sot B, Somoza A, Cortajarena AL. (2015) Biomacromolecules. 16 (12) 3836-3844.

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Biomolecular templating of functional hybrid nanostructures using repeat protein scaffold. Romera D, Couleaud P, Sara H Mejias, Aires A, Cortajarena AL. (2015) Biochem Soc Trans. 43 (5), 825-831.

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2014

Controlled nanometric fibers of self-assembled designed protein scaffolds. Sara H Mejias, Guantes R,  Cortajarena AL. (2014) Nanoscale. 6 (19) 10982-10988.

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2013

Singlet oxygen generation by the genetically encoded tag miniSOG. Ruiz-González R, Cortajarena AL, Sara H Mejias, Agut M, Nonell S, Flors C. (2013) J  Am Chem Soc. 135, 26, 9564-9567.

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