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 …

Hydrogels have been widely studied in various biomedical applications, such as tissue
engineering, cell culture, immunotherapy and vaccines, and drug delivery. Peptide-based …

In the last few years, a variety of self-assembling short peptides that consist exclusively of
simple amino acids have been designed and modified. These peptides exhibit self …

Self-assembling peptide amphiphile molecules have been of interest to various tissue
engineering studies. These molecules self-assemble into nanofibers which organize into …

Scientists and bioengineers have dreamed of designing materials from the bottom up with
the finest detail and ultimate control at the single molecular level. The discovery of a class of …

Tissue engineering requires an ideal scaffold that will aid in the regeneration of the
damaged tissues both structurally and functionally. Conventionally, polymeric nanofibrous …

Inspired by self-assembling peptides found in native proteins, deliberately designed
engineered peptides have shown outstanding biocompatibility, biodegradability, and …

Synthetic materials that self-assemble with nanometer-scale features from polypeptides,[1–
3] oligopeptides,[4–6] cyclic peptides,[7] and peptide amphiphiles [8–10] may contribute to …

Molecular hydrogels have been widely explored in various biomedical applications, such as
cell culture, tissue engineering and drug delivery. Peptide-based hydrogel nanoparticles …

Self-assembling peptides (SAP) have drawn an increasing interest in the tissue engineering
community. They display unquestionable biomimetic properties, tailorability and promising …