Stimuli‐responsive biomolecule‐based hydrogels and their applications

M Vázquez‐González, I Willner - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This Review presents polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, and
proteins as functional stimuli‐responsive polymer scaffolds that yield hydrogels with …

Switchable and dynamic G-quadruplexes and their applications

J Dong, MP O'Hagan, I Willner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
G-Quadruplexes attract growing interest as functional constituents in biology, chemistry,
nanotechnology, and material science. In particular, the reversible dynamic reconfiguration …

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 …

Biomimic nanozymes with tunable peroxidase-like activity based on the confinement effect of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for biosensing

N Zhu, C Liu, R Liu, X Niu, D Xiong, K Wang… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biomimic nanozymes coassembled by peptides or proteins and small active molecules
provide an effective strategy to design attractive nanozymes. Although some promising …

Bioinspired and bioderived aqueous electrocatalysis

J Barrio, A Pedersen, S Favero, H Luo, M Wang… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of efficient and sustainable electrochemical systems able to provide clean-
energy fuels and chemicals is one of the main current challenges of materials science and …

Microfabrication of peptide self-assemblies: inspired by nature towards applications

J Zhang, Y Wang, BJ Rodriguez, R Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide self-assemblies show intriguing and tunable physicochemical properties, and thus
have been attracting increasing interest over the last two decades. However, the micro/nano …

Functional π-gelators and their applications

SS Babu, VK Praveen, A Ajayaghosh - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular chemistry originally defined by Lehn as “chemistry beyond molecules”
exploits noncovalent interactions between molecules to form 1D, 2D, and 3D …

Design of nanostructures based on aromatic peptide amphiphiles

S Fleming, RV Ulijn - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Aromatic peptide amphiphiles are gaining popularity as building blocks for the bottom-up
fabrication of nanomaterials, including gels. These materials combine the simplicity of small …

Enzyme‐instructed self‐assembly (EISA) and hydrogelation of peptides

J Gao, J Zhan, Z Yang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly is a powerful tool for constructing supramolecular materials for many
applications, ranging from energy harvesting to biomedicine. Among the methods to prepare …

Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications

C Wang, MP O'Hagan, Z Li, J Zhang, X Ma… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …