Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Stimuli‐responsive supramolecular hydrogels and their applications in regenerative medicine

J Hoque, N Sangaj, S Varghese - Macromolecular bioscience, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels are a class of self‐assembled network structures formed via non‐
covalent interactions of the hydrogelators. These hydrogels capable of responding to …

Dephosphorylation of d-Peptide Derivatives to Form Biofunctional, Supramolecular Nanofibers/Hydrogels and Their Potential Applications for Intracellular Imaging …

J Li, Y Gao, Y Kuang, J Shi, X Du, J Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
d-Peptides, as the enantiomers of the naturally occurring l-peptides, usually resist
endogenous proteases and are presumably insensitive to most enzymes. But, it is unclear …

Photoresponsive gelators

ER Draper, DJ Adams - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Low molecular weight gels can be responsive to a range of external stimuli. The use of light
as an external stimulus to modify gels is of particular interest for a number of reasons. Light …

Recent advances in supramolecular gels and catalysis

W Fang, Y Zhang, J Wu, C Liu, H Zhu… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past two decades, supramolecular gels have attracted significant attention from
scientists in diverse research fields and have been extensively developed. This review …

Self-assembling small molecules for the detection of important analytes

C Ren, J Zhang, M Chen, Z Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-materials formed by the self-assembly of small molecules are very promising for drug
delivery, regenerative medicine, and detection of important analytes due to their unique …

Enzyme-instructed self-assembly: a multistep process for potential cancer therapy

J Zhou, B Xu - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
The central dogma of the action of current anticancer drugs is that the drug tightly binds to its
molecular target for inhibition. The reliance on tight ligand–receptor binding, however, is …

Supramolecular assembly of peptide and metallopeptide gelators and their stimuli‐responsive properties in biomedical applications

N Falcone, HB Kraatz - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular gels are a fascinating class of soft materials that have attracted significant
attention in recent years. They are composed of small molecule gelators that assemble into …

Photo-cross-linking approach to engineering small tyrosine-containing peptide hydrogels with enhanced mechanical stability

Y Ding, Y Li, M Qin, Y Cao, W Wang - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Peptide-based supramolecular hydrogels have been extensively explored in biomaterials
owing to their unique bioactive, stimulus-responsive, and biocompatible features. However …

Rational design of a photo-responsive UVR8-derived protein and a self-assembling peptide–protein conjugate for responsive hydrogel formation

X Zhang, C Dong, W Huang, H Wang, L Wang, D Ding… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Responsive hydrogels hold great potential in controllable drug delivery, regenerative
medicine, sensing, etc. We introduced in this study the first example of a photo-responsive …