Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Water solubility and structural stability are key merits for proteins defined by the primary
sequence and 3D-conformation. Their manipulation represents important aspects of the …

Peptide–and protein–nanoparticle conjugates have emerged as powerful tools for
biomedical applications, enabling the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of disease. In …

With its wide distribution in soft and hard connective tissues, collagen is the most abundant
of animal proteins. In vitro, natural collagen can be formed into highly organized, three …

Self‐assembly is a ubiquitous process in biology where it plays numerous important roles
and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Over the past …

Replicating the multi-hierarchical self-assembly of collagen has long-attracted scientists,
from both the perspective of the fundamental science of supramolecular chemistry and that …

This review covers an important class of soft-materials–peptide-based hydrogels,
distinctively focussing on the different types of small peptide/low molecular weight and …

Self-assembly is a growth mechanism in nature to apply local interactions forming a
minimum energy structure. Currently, self-assembled materials are considered for …

The use of self-assembly for the construction of functional biomaterials is a highly promising
and exciting area of research, with great potential for the treatment of injury or disease. By …

New biomaterials that have the ability to locally suppress an immune response could have
broad therapeutic use in the treatment of diseases characterized by acute or chronic …