Peptide-based materials that have diverse structures and functionalities are an important
type of biomaterials. In former times, peptide-based nanomaterials with excellent stability …

Chirality is one of the most important structural features in biological systems. Peptides, as a
class of small biomolecules, can self-assemble into various chiral supramolecular polymers …

Mixed thermoreversible gels were successfully fabricated by the addition of a
thermosensitive polymer, poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM), to fibrillar nanostructures …

Peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are peptide-based molecules that contain a peptide sequence as
a head group covalently conjugated to a hydrophobic segment, such as lipid tails. They can …

The design and applications of some inorganic two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials such as
graphene, graphyne, and borophene have been widely studied in recent years. Meanwhile …

The diversity of naturally occurring amino acids endows even a very short peptide with an
incredible range of sequences, nanostructures and properties. Short peptide sequences …

Molecular self-assembly is pervasive in the formation of living and synthetic materials.
Knowledge gained from research into the principles of molecular self-assembly drives …

Peptide self-assembly is a hierarchical process during which secondary structures formed in
the initial stages play a critical role in determining the subsequent assembling processes …

Bioinspired synthesis offers potential green strategies to build highly complex nanomaterials
by utilizing the unique nanostructures, functions, and properties of biomolecules, in which …

Imidazolium-based surface active ionic liquids (Im-SAILs) are based on imidazolium salts
with long hydrophobic alkyl chains. Due to the delocalized electrons on the imidazole ring …