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

J Li, R Xing, 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 …

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 …

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-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 …

Supramolecular biofunctional materials

J Zhou, J Li, X Du, B Xu - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
This review discusses supramolecular biofunctional materials, a novel class of biomaterials
formed by small molecules that are held together via noncovalent interactions. The …

Fmoc-diphenylalanine gelating nanoarchitectonics: A simplistic peptide self-assembly to meet complex applications

Y Wang, Q Geng, Y Zhang, L Adler-Abramovich… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF), has been has been extensively
explored due to its ultrafast self-assembly kinetics, inherent biocompatibility, tunable …

Peptide hydrogels

A Dasgupta, JH Mondal, D Das - Rsc Advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers an important class of soft-materials–peptide-based hydrogels,
distinctively focussing on the different types of small peptide/low molecular weight and …

Tunable supramolecular hydrogels for selection of lineage-guiding metabolites in stem cell cultures

EV Alakpa, V Jayawarna, A Lampel, KV Burgess… - Chem, 2016 - cell.com
Stem cells are known to differentiate in response to the chemical and mechanical properties
of the substrates on which they are cultured. Thus, supramolecular biomaterials with tunable …

A biomimetic peptide–drug supramolecular hydrogel as eyedrops enables controlled release of ophthalmic drugs

M Pan, Z Ren, X Ma, L Chen, G Lv, X Liu, S Li, X Li… - Acta biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid clearance of instilled drugs from the ocular surface due to tear flushing and
excretion results in low drug bioavailability, necessitating the development of new drug …

An injectable dipeptide–fullerene supramolecular hydrogel for photodynamic antibacterial therapy

Y Zhang, H Zhang, Q Zou, R Xing, T Jiao… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment against multiantibiotic-resistant
bacteria with the advantage of a low tendency towards antibiotic resistance. Due to their …