A review on recent advances in polymer and peptide hydrogels

S Mondal, S Das, AK Nandi - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive
properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and …

Hierarchical nanomaterials via biomolecular self-assembly and bioinspiration for energy and environmental applications

C Gong, S Sun, Y Zhang, L Sun, Z Su, A Wu, G Wei - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired synthesis offers potential green strategies to build highly complex nanomaterials
by utilizing the unique nanostructures, functions, and properties of biomolecules, in which …

Supramolecular gelatons: towards the design of molecular gels

M Liu, G Ouyang, D Niu, Y Sang - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The fabrication and application of supramolecular gels have achieved great progress in the
past few decades. Although several reviews and books have well summarized the design …

Short peptide-based smart thixotropic hydrogels

B Pramanik - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thixotropy is a fascinating feature present in many gel systems that has garnered a lot of
attention in the medical field in recent decades. When shear stress is applied, the gel …

Peptide hydrogels: Synthesis, properties, and applications in food science

S Yu, Y Huang, B Shen, W Zhang, Y Xie… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the unique and excellent biological, physical, and chemical properties of peptide
hydrogels, their application in the biomedical field is extremely wide. The applications of …

Programming gels over a wide pH range using multicomponent systems

S Panja, B Dietrich, O Shebanova, AJ Smith… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multicomponent hydrogels offer a tremendous opportunity for preparing useful and exciting
materials that cannot be accessed using a single component. Here, we describe an unusual …

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon‐based Soft Materials: Applications in Fluorescent Detection, Gelation, AIEE and Mechanochromism

H Goyal, P Kumar, R Gupta - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The present review discusses selected compounds based on polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs); mainly those containing naphthalene, anthracene, fluorene, pyrene …

Fmoc-phenylalanine displays antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria in gel and solution phases

AY Gahane, P Ranjan, V Singh, RK Sharma, N Sinha… - Soft matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In the quest for new antimicrobial materials, hydrogels of Fmoc-protected peptides and
amino acids have gained momentum due to their ease of synthesis and cost effectiveness; …

Urea‐urease reaction in controlling properties of supramolecular hydrogels: Pros and cons

S Panja, DJ Adams - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels are useful in many areas such as cell culturing, catalysis,
sensing, tissue engineering, drug delivery, environmental remediation and optoelectronics …

Multicomponent Hydrogel Matrices of Fmoc‐FF and Cationic Peptides for Application in Tissue Engineering

E Rosa, C Diaferia, E Gianolio… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the last years, peptide‐based hydrogels are being increasingly used as suitable matrices
for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, including drug delivery and tissue …