Peptide-based supramolecular systems chemistry seeks to mimic the ability of life forms to
use conserved sets of building blocks and chemical reactions to achieve a bewildering array …

Chromoproteins are a class of delicate natural compounds that elegantly complex
photosensitive species with proteins and play a central role in important life processes, such …

Hierarchical self-assembly and crystallization with long-range ordered spatial arrangement
is ubiquitous in nature and plays an essential role in the regulation of structures and …

The transition of peptides and proteins from the solution phase into fibrillar structures is a
general phenomenon encountered in functional and aberrant biology and is increasingly …

Photothermal agents can harvest light energy and convert it into heat, offering a targeted
and remote-controlled way to destroy carcinomatous cells and tissues. Inspired by the …

Recent studies indicate that carbon dots (CDs) can efficiently generate singlet oxygen (1O2)
for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. However, the hypoxic tumor microenvironment …

Peptide-based hydrogels have been proven to be preeminent biomedical materials due to
their high water content, tunable mechanical stability, great biocompatibility and excellent …

Self-assembling systems play a significant role in physiological functions and have therefore
attracted tremendous attention due to their great potential for applications in energy …

Tremendous interest in self‐assembly of peptides and proteins towards functional
nanomaterials has been inspired by naturally evolving self‐assembly in biological …

An injectable and self-healing collagen-gold hybrid hydrogel is spontaneously formed by
electrostatic self-assembly and subsequent biomineralization. It is demonstrated that such …