Chemical Botany: Bottlebrush Polymers in Materials Science

I Lapkriengkri, KR Albanese, A Rhode… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Molecular architectures known as bottlebrush polymers provide unique opportunities to tune
the structure and properties of soft materials with applications ranging from rubbers to thin …

[HTML][HTML] Polypeptide-based systems: From synthesis to application in drug delivery

M Stepanova, A Nikiforov, T Tennikova… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Synthetic polypeptides are biocompatible and biodegradable macromolecules whose
composition and architecture can vary over a wide range. Their unique ability to form …

Digital Light Processing of Thermoresponsive Hydrogels from Polyproline‐Based Star Polypeptides

RD Murphy, M Cosgrave, N Judge, E Tinajero‐Diaz… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The first report of star poly (L‐proline) crosslinkers is disclosed for digital light processing 3D
printing of thermoresponsive hydrogels. Through chain end functionalization of star poly (L …

Self-assembled branched polypeptides as amelogenin mimics for enamel repair

Y Li, R Chang, YJ Liu, F Chen, YX Chen - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The regeneration of demineralized enamel holds great significance in the treatment of
dental caries. Amelogenin (Ame), an essential protein for mediating natural enamel growth …

Bioinspired Metal–Ligand Networks with Enhanced Stability and Performance: Facile Preparation of Hydroxypyridinone (HOPO)-Functionalized Materials

DP Shannon, K Cerdan, M Kim, M Mecklenburg… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bioinspired hydroxypyridinone (HOPO) functionalized materials are shown to display a
remarkable capacity for stability and for chelating a wide array of metal ions. This allows for …

Tuning Star Polymer Architecture to Tailor Secondary Structures and Mechanical Properties of Diblock Polypeptide Hydrogels for Direct Ink Writing

M Cosgrave, K Kaur, C Simpson, Ł Mielańczyk… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydrogel three-dimensional (3D) printing has emerged as a highly valuable fabrication tool
for applications ranging from electronics and biomedicine. While conventional hydrogels …

Universal Phase Identification of Block Copolymers From Physics‐Informed Machine Learning

X Fang, EA Murphy, PA Kohl, Y Li… - Journal of Polymer …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymers play a vital role in materials science due to their diverse self‐assembly
behavior. Traditionally, exploring the block copolymer self‐assembly and associated …