An injectable, self-healing hydrogel system from oxidized pectin/chitosan/γ-Fe2O3

D Li, S Wang, Y Meng, J Li, J Li - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels with self-healing ability present great potential for drug delivery. They
could be facilely implanted in vivo and maintained structural and functional integrity till the …

Preparation and characterization of oleanolic acid-based low-molecular-weight supramolecular hydrogels induced by heating

JP Fan, H Zhong, XH Zhang, TT Yuan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The natural-product-based low-molecular-weight supramolecular hydrogels (LMWSHs)
induced by heating are rarely reported. In this work, a simple salt of oleanolic acid (OA) and …

Heat‐Set Supramolecular Hydrogelation by Regulating the Hydrophilic–Lipophilic Balance for a Tunable Circularly Polarized Luminescent Switch

R Yang, Y Li, C Hua, Y Sun, H Li, B Wei, H Dong, K Liu - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Heat‐set supramolecular gels exhibited totally opposite phase behaviors of dissolution upon
cooling and gelation on heating. They are commonly discovered by chance and their …

Influence of metal ion crosslinking on the nanostructures, stiffness, and biofunctions of bioactive peptide hydrogels

M Mohammed, RD Chakravarthy, HC Lin - Molecular Systems Design …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide hydrogels have a wide range of biomedical applications since they
lack toxic crosslinkers and contain fibrillar structures resembling an extracellular matrix …

The correlations between structure, rheology, and cell growth in peptide-based multicomponent hydrogels

EY Du, F Ziaee, L Wang, RE Nordon, P Thordarson - Polymer Journal, 2020 - nature.com
Factorial analysis of the interactions between three hydrogel-forming peptides based on
three different biological motifs, namely, fibronectin: Fmoc-GFFRGD, collagen: Fmoc …

A novel nonreversible heat-induced low-molecular-weight gel based on naturally-occurring self-assembled fupenzic acid for tumor therapy

Z Sun, Y Hou, X Xu, Z Li, X Gong, D Chen, H Wu… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, a nonreversible heat-induced supramolecular gel based on natural products was
reported for the first time. This natural triterpenoid, fupenzic acid (FA), isolated from the roots …

Does Supramolecular Gelation Require an External Trigger?

R Van Lommel, J Van Hooste, J Vandaele, G Steurs… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
The supramolecular gelation of small molecules is typically preceded by an external
stimulus to trigger the self-assembly. The need for this trigger stems from the metastable …

Tailoring co-assembly loading of doxorubicin in solvent-triggering gel

C Zhao, Y Wang, B Shi, M Li, W Yan, H Yang - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Noncovalent interactions are ubiquitous, endowing high feasibility on assembly and
disassembly of gel network structure. Loading anticancer drugs in low molecular weight …

[HTML][HTML] Nicotinamide-based supergelator self-assembling via asymmetric hydrogen bonding NH⋯ OC and H⋯ Br− pattern for reusable, moldable and self-healable …

P Kasak, P Hrobárik, J Osička, D Soláriková… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Development of highly efficient low-molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) for safe
energy storage materials is of great demand. Energy storage materials as fuel gels are often …

The ratio of hydrogelator to precursor controls the enzymatic hydrogelation of a branched peptide

J Guo, H He, BJ Kim, J Wang, M Yi, C Lin, B Xu - Soft matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we report an apparently counterintuitive observation, in which a lower volume fraction
of a branched peptide forms a stronger hydrogel after an enterokinase (ENTK) cleaves off …