Biomimetic peptide self-assembly for functional materials

A Levin, TA Hakala, L Schnaider… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular
materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures …

Functional supramolecular polymers for biomedical applications

R Dong, Y Zhou, X Huang, X Zhu, Y Lu… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As a novel class of dynamic and non‐covalent polymers, supramolecular polymers not only
display specific structural and physicochemical properties, but also have the ability to …

Supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly in organic materials design

SI Stupp, LC Palmer - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organic materials naturally lend themselves to the crafting of structure and function using the
strategies of self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry employed so effectively by …

Recent advances in self-assembled peptides: Implications for targeted drug delivery and vaccine engineering

S Eskandari, T Guerin, I Toth, RJ Stephenson - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Self-assembled peptides have shown outstanding characteristics for vaccine delivery and
drug targeting. Peptide molecules can be rationally designed to self-assemble into specific …

Antimicrobial peptides and nanotechnology, recent advances and challenges

LS Biswaro, MG da Costa Sousa… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides are sequences of amino acids, which present activity against
microorganisms. These peptides were discovered over 70 years ago, and are abundant in …

Peptide-protein coassembling matrices as a biomimetic 3D model of ovarian cancer

CL Hedegaard, C Redondo-Gómez, BY Tan… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Bioengineered three-dimensional (3D) matrices expand our experimental repertoire to study
tumor growth and progression in a biologically relevant, yet controlled, manner. Here, we …

In situ photo-crosslinkable hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel embedded with GHK peptide nanofibers for bioactive wound healing

S Lee, SM Lee, SH Lee, WK Choi, SJ Park, SW Oh… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
A versatile hydrogel was developed for enhancing bioactive wound healing by introducing
the amphiphilic GHK peptide (GHK-C16) into a photo-crosslinkable tyramine-modified …

Alpha-helical cationic anticancer peptides: a promising candidate for novel anticancer drugs

Y Huang, QI Feng, Q Yan, X Hao… - Mini reviews in medicinal …, 2015 - benthamdirect.com
Cancer has become a serious concern in public health. Harmful side effects and multidrug
resistance of traditional chemotherapy have prompted urgent needs for novel anticancer …

Shape control of soft nanoparticles and their assemblies

C Chen, RAL Wylie, D Klinger, LA Connal - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
Soft nanoparticles with precisely controlled shape and morphologies hold great potential for
the preparation of novel materials with tailored chemical and biophysical properties. In this …

Novel self-assembling peptide hydrogel with pH-tunable assembly microstructure, gel mechanics and the entrapment of curcumin

H Chen, T Zhang, Y Tian, L You, Y Huang, S Wang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2022 - Elsevier
Insight is provided into the mechanism of peptide gelation, a self-assembled process of
particular interest, due to its wide existence in natural events and broad applications in food …