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 …

Stimulus-responsive hydrogels: Theory, modern advances, and applications

MC Koetting, JT Peters, SD Steichen… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the past century, hydrogels have emerged as effective materials for an immense variety
of applications. The unique network structure of hydrogels enables very high levels of …

Methods to assess shear-thinning hydrogels for application as injectable biomaterials

MH Chen, LL Wang, JJ Chung, YH Kim… - ACS biomaterials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Injectable hydrogels have gained popularity as a vehicle for the delivery of cells, growth
factors, and other molecules to localize and improve their retention at the injection site, as …

Amino acids and peptide‐based supramolecular hydrogels for three‐dimensional cell culture

XQ Dou, CL Feng - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels assembled from amino acids and peptide‐derived hydrogelators
have shown great potential as biomimetic three‐dimensional (3D) extracellular matrices …

Injectable and pH-sensitive hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels with on-demand release of antimicrobial peptides for infected wound healing

H Suo, M Hussain, H Wang, N Zhou, J Tao… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antibiotics' abuse in bacteria-infected wounds has threatened patients' lives and burdened
medical systems. Hence, antibiotic-free hydrogel-based biomaterials, which exhibit …

Peptide-and protein-based hydrogels

AM Jonker, DWPM Löwik… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymeric networks, capable of absorbing large amounts of water and
biological fluids. They are insoluble due to the presence of chemical or physical cross-links …

Self-assembling multidomain peptide nanofibers for delivery of bioactive molecules and tissue regeneration

AN Moore, JD Hartgerink - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Multidomain peptides (MDPs) are a class of self-assembling peptides that are
organized in a β-sheet motif, resulting in a nanofibrous architecture. This structure is …

Dopamine-substituted multidomain peptide hydrogel with inherent antimicrobial activity and antioxidant capability for infected wound healing

M Hussain, H Suo, Y Xie, K Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Wound infection can cause a delay in wound healing or even wound deterioration,
threatening patients' lives. The excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in …

Hydrogels for biomedical applications: cellulose, chitosan, and protein/peptide derivatives

LJ Del Valle, A Díaz, J Puiggalí - Gels, 2017 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels based on polysaccharide and protein natural polymers are of great interest in
biomedical applications and more specifically for tissue regeneration and drug delivery …

Self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels: Fabrication, properties, and applications

K Fu, H Wu, Z Su - Biotechnology advances, 2021 - Elsevier
The hierarchical formation of self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels (SAPHs) starts from
peptide to nanofibers, following with the entanglement into hydrogels with nanofibrous …