Peptide-based supramolecular systems chemistry seeks to mimic the ability of life forms to
use conserved sets of building blocks and chemical reactions to achieve a bewildering array …

Incorporation of non‐equilibrium actions in the sequence of self‐assembly processes would
be an effective means to establish bio‐like high functionality hierarchical assemblies. As a …

The fundamental roles that peptides and proteins play in today's biology makes it almost
indisputable that peptides were key players in the origin of life. Insofar as it is appropriate to …

The development of next-generation bioelectronics, as well as the powering of consumer
and medical devices, require power sources that are soft, flexible, extensible, and even …

Hierarchical materials that exhibit order over multiple length scales are ubiquitous in nature.
Because hierarchy gives rise to unique properties and functions, many have sought …

Amino acids are one of the simplest biomolecules and they play an essential role in many
biological processes. They have been extensively used as building blocks for the synthesis …

Designer self‐assembling peptides form the entangled nanofiber networks in hydrogels by
ionic‐complementary self‐assembly. This type of hydrogel has realistic biological and …

Self-assembly is omnipresent in nature. While natural self-assembly systems are
complicated in structure, the simplification of natural systems while maintaining their …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been extensively used for decades in biosensing‐related
development due to outstanding optical properties. Peptides, as newly realized functional …

Self-assembly of designed synthetic peptides is a versatile strategy to generate functional
materials for many applications. Given the biological relevance of their amino acid …