Hierarchical self-assembly and crystallization with long-range ordered spatial arrangement
is ubiquitous in nature and plays an essential role in the regulation of structures and …

The transition of peptides and proteins from the solution phase into fibrillar structures is a
general phenomenon encountered in functional and aberrant biology and is increasingly …

Peptide self-assembly provides an innovative strategy for not only establishing an ideal
research model to understand life phenomena but also for constructing sophisticated …

Enzymatic reactions and noncovalent (ie, supramolecular) interactions are two fundamental
nongenetic attributes of life. Enzymatic noncovalent synthesis (ENS) refers to a process …

Polymers, ceramics and metals have historically dominated the application of materials in
medicine. Yet rationally designed materials that exploit specific, directional, tunable and …

X-ray scattering is a structural characterization tool that has impacted diverse fields of study.
It is unique in its ability to examine materials in real time and under realistic sample …

Electrostatic repulsion, long used for attenuating surface friction,, is not typically employed
for the design of bulk structural materials. We recently developed a hydrogel with a layered …

Covalent modification of therapeutic compounds is a clinically proven strategy to devise
prodrugs with enhanced treatment efficacies. This prodrug strategy relies on the modified …

Supramolecular polymers can be random and entangled coils with the mechanical
properties of plastics and elastomers, but with great capacity for processability, recycling …

By means of two supramolecular systems—peptide amphiphiles engaged in hydrogen-
bonded β-sheets, and chromophore amphiphiles driven to assemble by π-orbital overlaps …