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 …

Small bioactive peptides for biomaterials design and therapeutics

IW Hamley - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review is aimed to provide a concise yet extensive survey of key short bioactive peptide
sequences for a range of applications ranging from biomaterials development to peptides …

Exploring the sequence space for (tri-) peptide self-assembly to design and discover new hydrogels

PWJM Frederix, GG Scott, YM Abul-Haija… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Peptides that self-assemble into nanostructures are of tremendous interest for biological,
medical, photonic and nanotechnological applications. The enormous sequence space that …

Multicomponent peptide assemblies

DM Raymond, BL Nilsson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …

Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties

A Lampel, SA McPhee, HA Park, GG Scott… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Melanins are a family of heterogeneous polymeric pigments that provide ultraviolet (UV)
light protection, structural support, coloration, and free radical scavenging. Formed by …

Self-assembly of short peptides to form hydrogels: Design of building blocks, physical properties and technological applications

G Fichman, E Gazit - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are unique supramolecular solid-like assemblies composed mainly of water
molecules that are held by molecular networks. Physical hydrogels that are formed by a set …

Chiral self-assembly of peptides: Toward the design of supramolecular polymers with enhanced chemical and biological functions

Y Shen, Y Wang, IW Hamley, W Qi, R Su… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chirality is one of the most important structural features in biological systems. Peptides, as a
class of small biomolecules, can self-assemble into various chiral supramolecular polymers …

Stimuli‐responsive supramolecular hydrogels and their applications in regenerative medicine

J Hoque, N Sangaj, S Varghese - Macromolecular bioscience, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels are a class of self‐assembled network structures formed via non‐
covalent interactions of the hydrogelators. These hydrogels capable of responding to …

[HTML][HTML] Chirality effects on peptide self-assembly unraveled from molecules to materials

AM Garcia, D Iglesias, E Parisi, KE Styan… - Chem, 2018 - cell.com
Self-assembling short peptides are attractive minimal systems for mimicking the constituents
of living systems and building (bio) materials. The combination of both d-and l-amino acids …

Integrating Computation, Experiment, and Machine Learning in the Design of Peptide‐Based Supramolecular Materials and Systems

M Ramakrishnan, A van Teijlingen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in peptide‐based supramolecular materials has grown extensively since the 1980s
and the application of computational methods has paralleled this. These methods contribute …