A review on recent advances in polymer and peptide hydrogels

S Mondal, S Das, AK Nandi - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive
properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and …

Ultrashort peptide self-assembly: front-runners to transport drug and gene cargos

S Gupta, I Singh, AK Sharma, P Kumar - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The translational therapies to promote interaction between cell and signal come with
stringent eligibility criteria. The chemically defined, hierarchically organized, and simpler yet …

Beyond Fmoc: A review of aromatic peptide capping groups

AD Martin, P Thordarson - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembling short peptides have attracted widespread interest due to their tuneable,
biocompatible nature and have potential applications in energy materials, tissue …

Oxidized nanocarbons-tripeptide supramolecular hydrogels: Shape matters!

D Iglesias, M Melle-Franco, M Kurbasic… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Short peptide hydrogels are attractive biomaterials but typically suffer from limited
mechanical properties. Inclusion of other nanomaterials can serve the dual purpose of …

On the mechanism of self-assembly by a hydrogel-forming peptide

GA Braun, BE Ary, AJ Dear, MCH Rohn… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels are a class of tunable soft materials that have
been shown to be highly useful for a number of biomedical applications. The dynamic …

3, 4-Ethylenedioxythiophene Hydrogels: Relating Structure and Charge Transport in Supramolecular Gels

LCB Salter, JP Wojciechowski, B McLean… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ionic charge transport is a ubiquitous language of communication in biological systems. As
such, bioengineering is in constant need of innovative, soft, and biocompatible materials that …

Self-assembly and hydrogel formation ability of Fmoc-dipeptides comprising α-methyl-L-phenylalanine

H Arakawa, K Takeda, SL Higashi, A Shibata… - Polymer Journal, 2020 - nature.com
Various biofunctional hydrogel materials can be fabricated in aqueous media through the
self-assembly of peptide derivatives, forming supramolecular nanostructures and their three …

Ultrashort Peptides—A Glimpse into the Structural Modifications and Their Applications as Biomaterials

R Das, B Gayakvad, SD Shinde, J Rani… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Because of their commanding properties, ultrashort and short peptides are gaining
significance as viable candidates for molecular self-assembly, which is a naturally inspired …

Peptide self-assembly into hydrogels for biomedical applications related to hydroxyapatite

M Rivas, LJ Del Valle, C Alemán, J Puiggalí - Gels, 2019 - mdpi.com
Amphiphilic peptides can be self-assembled by establishing physical cross-links involving
hydrogen bonds and electrostatic interactions with divalent ions. The derived hydrogels …

Differently N‐capped analogues of Fmoc‐FF

C Diaferia, E Rosa, E Gallo, G Morelli… - … –A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Short and ultra‐short peptides have been recently envisioned as excellent building blocks
for the formulation of hydrogels with appealing properties. Due to its simplicity and capability …