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Fluorinated Protein and Peptide Materials for Biomedical Applications [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Fluorination represents one of the most powerful modern design strategies to impart biomacromolecules with unique functionality, empowering them for widespread application in the biomedical realm.
Julia M. Monkovic, Halle Gibson, Jonathan W. Sun, Jin Kim Montclare   +3 more
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Proton-enabled activation of peptide materials for biological bimodal memory [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2020
The structural programmability and functionality of peptide materials can be leverage for various next-generation devices such as non-volatile memories.
Min-Kyu Song, Seok Daniel Namgung, Daehwan Choi, Hyeohn Kim, Hongmin Seo, Misong Ju, Yoon Ho Lee, Taehoon Sung, Yoon-Sik Lee, Ki Tae Nam, Jang-Yeon Kwon   +10 more
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Ultra-Short Peptide Hydrogels as 3D Bioprinting Materials [PDF]

Gels
Ultra-short peptides (USPs; ≤7–8 amino acids) emerge as minimal self-assembling building blocks for hydrogel-based biomaterials. Their intrinsic biocompatibility, straightforward synthesis, and ease of tunability make them particularly attractive ...
Davina In, Androulla N. Miliotou, Panoraia I. Siafaka, Yiannis Sarigiannis   +3 more
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Ultrashort Cationic Peptide Fmoc-FFK as Hydrogel Building Block for Potential Biomedical Applications

Gels, 2023
Fmoc-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) is a low-molecular-weight peptide hydrogelator. This simple all-aromatic peptide can generate self-supporting hydrogel materials, which have been proposed as novel materials for diagnostic and pharmaceutical applications ...
Enrico Gallo, Carlo Diaferia, Sabrina Giordano, Elisabetta Rosa, Barbara Carrese, Gennaro Piccialli, Nicola Borbone, Giancarlo Morelli, Giorgia Oliviero, Antonella Accardo   +9 more
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Multicomponent Peptide-Based Hydrogels Containing Chemical Functional Groups as Innovative Platforms for Biotechnological Applications

Gels, 2023
Multicomponent hydrogels (HGs) based on ultrashort aromatic peptides have been exploited as biocompatible matrices for tissue engineering applications, the delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, and the development of biosensors.
Sabrina Giordano, Enrico Gallo, Carlo Diaferia, Elisabetta Rosa, Barbara Carrese, Nicola Borbone, Pasqualina Liana Scognamiglio, Monica Franzese, Giorgia Oliviero, Antonella Accardo   +9 more
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Self-Supporting Hydrogels Based on Fmoc-Derivatized Cationic Hexapeptides for Potential Biomedical Applications

Biomedicines, 2021
Peptide-based hydrogels (PHGs) are biocompatible materials suitable for biological, biomedical, and biotechnological applications, such as drug delivery and diagnostic tools for imaging.
Carlo Diaferia, Elisabetta Rosa, Enrico Gallo, Giovanni Smaldone, Mariano Stornaiuolo, Giancarlo Morelli, Antonella Accardo   +6 more
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Incorporation of PEG Diacrylates (PEGDA) Generates Hybrid Fmoc-FF Hydrogel Matrices

Gels, 2022
Generated by a hierarchical and multiscale self-assembling phenomenon, peptide-based hydrogels (HGs) are soft materials useful for a variety of applications. Short and ultra-short peptides are intriguing building blocks for hydrogel fabrication.
Elisabetta Rosa, Enrico Gallo, Teresa Sibillano, Cinzia Giannini, Serena Rizzuti, Eliana Gianolio, Pasqualina Liana Scognamiglio, Giancarlo Morelli, Antonella Accardo, Carlo Diaferia   +9 more
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Fmoc-Diphenylalanine Hydrogels: Optimization of Preparation Methods and Structural Insights

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Hydrogels (HGs) are tri-dimensional materials with a non-Newtonian flow behaviour formed by networks able to encapsulate high amounts of water or other biological fluids.
Carlo Diaferia, Elisabetta Rosa, Giancarlo Morelli, Antonella Accardo   +3 more
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Fatty Acids/Tetraphenylethylene Conjugates: Hybrid AIEgens for the Preparation of Peptide-Based Supramolecular Gels

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022
Aggregation-induced emissive materials are gaining particular attention in the last decades due to their wide application in different fields, from optical devices to biomedicine.
Elisa Impresari, Alberto Bossi, Alberto Bossi, Edoardo Mario Lumina, Marco Aldo Ortenzi, Josine Marie Kothuis, Graziella Cappelletti, Daniela Maggioni, Michael S. Christodoulou, Raffaella Bucci, Sara Pellegrino   +10 more
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Transition of Nano-Architectures Through Self-Assembly of Lipidated β3-Tripeptide Foldamers

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020
β3-peptides consisting exclusively of β3-amino acids adopt a variety of non-natural helical structures and can self-assemble into well-defined hierarchical structures by axial head-to-tail self-assembly resulting in fibrous materials of varying sizes and
Nathan Habila, Ketav Kulkarni, Tzong-Hsien Lee, Zahraa S. Al-Garawi, Zahraa S. Al-Garawi, Louise C. Serpell, Marie-Isabel Aguilar, Mark P. Del Borgo, Mark P. Del Borgo   +8 more
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