Hydrogels for superabsorption, drug delivery matrices, and tissue engineering scaffolds
have been traditionally constructed with high molecular weight, hydrophilic polymers that …

Hydrogels assembled from symmetric amphiphilic pentablock copolypeptides were
investigated using rheology and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryoTEM) …

Multicomponent interpenetrating network hydrogels possessing enhanced mechanical
stiffness compared to their individual components were prepared via physical mixing of …

Peptide-based hydrogels have great potential for applications in tissue engineering, drug
delivery, and so on. We systematically synthesize, characterize, and investigate the self …

A strategy for responsively toughening an injectable protein hydrogel has been
implemented by incorporating an associative protein as the midblock in triblock copolymers …

Amphiphilic, diblock copolypeptides of hydrophilic lysine or glutamic acid and hydrophobic
leucine or valine have been observed to self-assemble into rigid hydrogels in aqueous …

Protein-based hydrogels are used for many applications, ranging from food and cosmetic
thickeners to support matrices for drug delivery and tissue replacement,,. These materials …

In this article, we highlight some recent developments in “smart” physical hydrogels
achieved by self-assembling of block type macromolecules. More precisely we focus on two …

We are reporting end-capping of the amino groups of a polypeptide block copolymer by
hydrophobic alkyl groups including methyl, ethyl, and propyl group. The end-capped …

A chemically reactive hybrid diblock polypeptide gelator poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly
(DL-allylglycine)(PEG-b-PDLAG) is an exceptional material, due to the characteristics of …