Additive manufacturing (AM), also referred to as rapid prototyping, solid free-form fabrication,
or simply threedimensional (3D) printing, comprises a number of technologies that allow the …

Stimuli responsive materials have attracted a great deal of attention during the last few
decades and are expected to lead to great advances in the areas of nano-and bio …

Synthetic peptide-based polymers represent a unique class of macromolecules able to
mimic the properties of natural proteins in materials sciences since (1) they present the …

Over the past few years, amino acids (AA) have emerged as promising biomaterials for the
synthesis of functional polymers. Owing to the diversity of functional groups in amino acids …

The manipulation of the flexibility/rigidity of polymeric chains to control their function is
commonly observed in natural macromolecules but largely unexplored in synthetic systems …

Self-assembly is promising for construction of a wide variety of supramolecular assemblies,
whose 1D/2D/3D structures are typically relevant to their functions. In-depth understanding …

Coded ribosomal peptide synthesis could not have evolved unless its sequence and amino
acid–specific aminoacylated tRNA substrates already existed. We therefore wondered …

The biological significance of self-assembled protein filament networks and their unique
mechanical properties have sparked interest in the development of synthetic filament …

Polymerization of N‐carboxy anhydrides (NCAs) is the primary process used to prepare
polypeptides. The synthesis of various pure NCAs is key to the efficient synthesis of …

Low-molecular-weight peptide hydrogels can be formed by self-assembly through weak
interactions, but the application of the hydrogel is influenced by its weak mechanical …