Self‐Assembling Peptide‐Based Functional Biomaterials

Y Huo, J Hu, Y Yin, P Liu, K Cai, W Ji - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptides can self‐assemble into various hierarchical nanostructures through noncovalent
interactions and form functional materials exhibiting excellent chemical and physical …

Protein-mimetic peptide nanofibers: Motif design, self-assembly synthesis, and sequence-specific biomedical applications

W Zhang, X Yu, Y Li, Z Su, KD Jandt, G Wei - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The design and fabrication of self-assembled peptide nanostructures offer an amazing
platform for creating functional nanomaterials for various biomedical applications. Utilizing …

Nanofiber-based systems intended for diabetes

H Maleki, K Khoshnevisan, SM Sajjadi-Jazi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Diabetic mellitus (DM) is the most communal metabolic disease resulting from a defect in
insulin secretion, causing hyperglycemia by promoting the progressive destruction of …

Modeling the self-assembly of peptide amphiphiles into fibers using coarse-grained molecular dynamics

OS Lee, V Cho, GC Schatz - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
We have studied the self-assembly of peptide amphiphiles (PAs) into a cylindrical micelle
fiber starting from a homogeneous mixture of PAs in water using coarse-grained molecular …

Peptide‐based supramolecular therapeutics for fighting major diseases

Z Wang, H Luo, H Wang, M Xiao, H Jia… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide‐based supramolecular therapeutics (PST) refer to those theranostic nanomedicines
based on peptide or peptide derivatives self‐assembly that are constructed in vitro or in vivo …

Peptide amphiphile micelles self-adjuvant group A streptococcal vaccination

A Trent, BD Ulery, MJ Black, JC Barrett, S Liang… - The AAPS journal, 2015 - Springer
Delivery system design and adjuvant development are crucially important areas of research
for improving vaccines. Peptide amphiphile micelles are a class of biomaterials that have the …

Self-assembly of biomolecular soft matter

SI Stupp, RH Zha, LC Palmer, H Cui, R Bitton - Faraday discussions, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly programmed by molecular structure and guided dynamically by energy
dissipation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in biological systems that build functional structures …

Nanomaterials as potential and versatile platform for next generation tissue engineering applications

R Singla, SMS Abidi, AI Dar… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineering (TE) is an emerging field where alternate/artificial tissues or organ
substitutes are implanted to mimic the functionality of damaged or injured tissues. Earlier …

Transformation of oligomers of lipidated peptide induced by change in pH

Y Wang, A Lomakin, S Kanai, R Alex… - Molecular …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Oligomerization of lipidated peptides is of general scientific interest and is important in
biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. We investigated the solution properties of a …

Self-assembly, self-sorting, and electronic properties of a diketopyrrolopyrrole hydrogelator

ER Draper, B Dietrich, DJ Adams - Chemical Communications, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We show here the first example of a hydrogel formed from a symmetrically functionalised
diketopyrrolopyrrole aromatic core. Gelation is triggered by change in pH. Not only does this …