Peptides are emerging as a new class of biomaterials due to their unique chemical,
physical, and biological properties. The development of peptide-based biomaterials is …

Throughout nature, self-assembly gives rise to functional supramolecular biomaterials that
can perform complex tasks with extraordinary efficiency and specificity. Inspired by these …

Several self-assembling peptide and protein systems that form nanotubes, helical ribbons
and fibrous scaffolds have recently emerged as biological materials. Peptides and proteins …

Peptide‐based materials are one of the most important biomaterials, with diverse structures
and functionalities. Over the past few decades, a self‐assembly strategy is introduced to …

Micro-and nanostructures fabricated from biological building blocks have attracted
tremendous attention owing to their potential for application in biology and in …

Until the mid‐1980s, mainly biologists were conducting peptide research. This changed with
discoveries that opened new paths of research involving the use of peptides in …

Because of their commanding properties, ultrashort and short peptides are gaining
significance as viable candidates for molecular self-assembly, which is a naturally inspired …

Peptides are ubiquitous in nature and useful in many fields, from agriculture as pesticides, in
medicine as antibacterial and antifungal drugs founded in the innate immune systems, to …

Short peptides that are made of natural amino acids were never seriously considered as
useful materials as recent as 16 years ago. However, the discovery of a class of self …

Self-assembly of biomolecules facilitates the creation of a diverse range of hierarchical
nanostructures from a wide range of polymeric and non-polymeric materials. Peptides and …