During the billions of years of the evolutionary journey, primitive polymers, involved in proto
metabolic pathways with low catalytic activity, played critical roles in the emergence of …

Over the last couple of decades, stimuli-responsive supramolecular gels comprising
synthetic short peptides as building blocks have been explored for various biological and …

Bio-endogenous peptide molecules are ideal components for fabrication of biocompatible
and environmentally friendly semiconductors materials. However, to date, their applications …

Self-assembling peptides and carbon nanomaterials have attracted great interest for their
respective potential to bring innovation in the biomedical field. Combination of these two …

Metal–ion coordination has been widely exploited to control the supramolecular behavior of
a variety of building blocks into functional materials. In particular, peptides offer great …

The unique optical and electronic properties of living systems are impressive. Peptide‐
based supramolecular self‐assembly systems attempt to mimic these properties by …

Dipeptides are convenient building blocks for supramolecular gel biomaterials that can be
produced on a large scale at low cost and do not persist in the environment. In the case of …

Short peptides with self-assembled nanostructures are widely applied in the areas of drug
delivery systems and biomaterials. In this article, we create a new peptide-based …

Supramolecular polymers are self-assembled materials displaying adaptive and responsive
“life-like” behaviour which are often made of aromatic compounds capable of engaging in π …

Dipeptides are popular building blocks for supramolecular gels that do not persist in the
environment and may find various applications. In this work, we show that a simple …