Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

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 …

Designing bioresponsive nanomaterials for intracellular self-assembly

S Chagri, DYW Ng, T Weil - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Supramolecular assemblies are essential components of living organisms. Cellular
scaffolds, such as the cytoskeleton or the cell membrane, are formed via secondary …

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 …

Self‐assembling peptide‐based hydrogels for wound tissue repair

T Guan, J Li, C Chen, Y Liu - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wound healing is a long‐term, multistage biological process that includes hemostasis,
inflammation, proliferation, and tissue remodeling and requires intelligent designs to provide …

Drug delivery by supramolecular design

MJ Webber, R Langer - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The rational design of drug delivery approaches leveraging supramolecular chemistry
(ie,“chemistry beyond the molecule”) has garnered significant interest in recent years toward …

Design of nanostructures based on aromatic peptide amphiphiles

S Fleming, RV Ulijn - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Aromatic peptide amphiphiles are gaining popularity as building blocks for the bottom-up
fabrication of nanomaterials, including gels. These materials combine the simplicity of small …

Manufacturing of hydrogel biomaterials with controlled mechanical properties for tissue engineering applications

A Vedadghavami, F Minooei, MH Mohammadi… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogels have been recognized as crucial biomaterials in the field of tissue engineering,
regenerative medicine, and drug delivery applications due to their specific characteristics …

Small‐molecule prodrug nanoassemblies: an emerging nanoplatform for anticancer drug delivery

G Li, B Sun, Y Li, C Luo, Z He, J Sun - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antitumor efficiency and clinical translation of traditional nanomedicines is mainly
restricted by low drug loading, complex preparation technology, and potential toxicity …

Recent advances of self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels for biomedical applications

J Li, R **ng, S Bai, X Yan - Soft matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide-based hydrogels have been proven to be preeminent biomedical materials due to
their high water content, tunable mechanical stability, great biocompatibility and excellent …