Short peptides are versatile building blocks for self-assembled biomaterials due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ease of preparation. Most studies of short-peptide self-assembly involve aromatic residues such as phenylalanine or peptides containing terminal capping groups, where π-π interactions play a...
Munkhdalai Chagdarjav, Yuki Yoinara, Hisako Sato et al.· Physical Chemistry, Chemical...· 0 citations
Control over the morphology and function of self-assembling polymers remains a central challenge in engineering adaptive biomaterials and synthetic biological systems. Here, we establish that recombinant elastin-like polypeptide-resilin-like polypeptide diblocks can be programmed through incorporation of unnatural amin...
Daniela S. Strugach, Y. Pasternak, Oren Tiv et al.· Trends in Biotechnology· 0 citations
Developing soft materials that integrate high mechanical performance, self-healing, adhesion, and stimulus-responsive functions remains challenging due to the trade-off between dynamic reversibility and mechanical resilience. Here, we report a P(AA-MA-OA-FHMA) hydrogel fabricated via one-pot free-radical copolymeriza...
Zeng-Hua Zhu, Shan-Shan Liao, He Zhang et al.· ACS Applied Polymer Material...· 0 citations
Three short β-sheet-forming peptides with graded histidine substitution were designed as minimal supramolecular networks to systematically examine how sequence-level variation regulates supramolecular organization, viscoelastic response, and pH-modulated molecular transport in aqueous environments.
Organic supramolecular gels formed through the self-assembly of π-conjugated molecules such as azobenzenes, coumarins, perylenes, and pyrenes have emerged as versatile materials with diverse functional applications. These gels rely on noncovalent interactions, including hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking, enabling tunab...
Mani Rajasekar· ACS Applied Bio Materials· 0 citations
Developing resilient antimicrobial coatings for medical implants requires a sophisticated balance between direct bactericidal activity and resistance to bacterial adhesion. While poly(L-lysine) provides effective membrane disruption, its performance is often compromised by the accumulation of cellular debris, which fac...
Juhi Singh, Hunter B. Wood, Dharika Srikanth et al.· Journal of materials chemist...· 0 citations
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