Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Functional π-gelators and their applications

SS Babu, VK Praveen, A Ajayaghosh - Chemical reviews, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Supramolecular chemistry originally defined by Lehn as “chemistry beyond molecules”
exploits noncovalent interactions between molecules to form 1D, 2D, and 3D …

Supramolecular biofunctional materials

J Zhou, J Li, X Du, B Xu - Biomaterials, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This review discusses supramolecular biofunctional materials, a novel class of biomaterials
formed by small molecules that are held together via noncovalent interactions. The …

Supramolecular gels made from nucleobase, nucleoside and nucleotide analogs

GM Peters, JT Davis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular or molecular gels are attractive for various applications, including
diagnostics, tissue scaffolding and targeted drug release. Gelators derived from natural …

Insights into low molecular mass organic gelators: a focus on drug delivery and tissue engineering applications

KJ Skilling, F Citossi, TD Bradshaw, M Ashford… - Soft matter, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years low molecular mass organic gelators (LMOGs) have gained increasing
interest as an alternative biomaterial to polymer derived gels, with potential applications in …

Temperature-responsive compounds as in situ gelling biomedical materials

HJ Moon, MH Park, MK Joo, B Jeong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous solutions that undergo sol-to-gel transition as the temperature increases have
been extensively studied during the last decade. The material can be designed by …

Soft materials as biological and artificial membranes

S Tang, Z Davoudi, G Wang, Z Xu, T Rehman… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The past few decades have seen emerging growth in the field of soft materials for synthetic
biology. This review focuses on soft materials involved in biological and artificial …

Designer lipids for drug delivery: from heads to tails

AG Kohli, PH Kierstead, VJ Venditto, CL Walsh… - Journal of Controlled …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
For four decades, liposomes composed of both naturally occurring and synthetic lipids have
been investigated as delivery vehicles for low molecular weight and macromolecular drugs …

Short peptide based hydrogels: incorporation of graphene into the hydrogel

B Adhikari, A Banerjee - Soft Matter, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Stable supramolecular hydrogels were obtained from Fmoc (N-fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl)
protected synthetic dipeptides, Fmoc-Xaa-Asp-OH (Xaa= Tyr, Phe). These hydrogels were …

Transforming sustained release into on-demand release: Self-healing guanosine–borate supramolecular hydrogels with multiple responsiveness for Acyclovir delivery

C Wu, X Wang, Y Shi, B Wang, W Xue, Y Zhang - Biomaterials Science, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular hydrogels derived from natural biomolecules have promising applications
for drug delivery due to their inherent biocompatibility and tunable responsiveness to …