The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an
electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic …

Nature endows life with a wide variety of sophisticated, synergistic, and highly functional
protein assemblies. Following Nature's inspiration to assemble protein building blocks into …

Short peptides are uniquely versatile building blocks for self-assembly. Supramolecular
peptide assemblies can be used to construct functional hydrogel biomaterials—an attractive …

Bone tissue engineering is becoming an ideal strategy to replace autologous bone grafts for
surgical bone repair, but the multihierarchical complexity of natural bone is still difficult to …

Diphenylalanine is an amyloidogenic building block that can form a versatile array of
supramolecular materials. Its shortcomings, however, include the uncontrolled hierarchical …

Halogen bonding has recently gained well deserved attention in present-day research for its
importance in many fields of supramolecular science and crystal engineering. Although …

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 …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by memory loss, cognitive impairment, and functional decline leading to dementia and …

When a hydrogel simply won't cut it–either because it dries out too quickly, or it does not
tolerate more than roughly one volt when applied in an electrochemical device–where is the …

Halogen bonding (XB) has been used to catalyze organic reactions and polymerizations,
which is an emerging research area. Reversible complexation mediated polymerization …