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γ-ray-responsive supramolecular hydrogel based on a diselenide-containing polymer and a peptide
Cao, Wei,Zhang, Xiaoli,Miao, Xiaoming,Yang, Zhimou,Xu, Huaping
supporting information, p. 6233 - 6237 (2013/07/25)
An overwhelming response: The exposure of a supramolecular hydrogel based on a diselenide-containing polymer and a peptide amphiphile containing a drug moiety to γ radiation led to a gel-sol transition owing to the oxidative cleavage of diselenide bonds in the polymer main chain (see picture). The hydrogel can also act as a UV-mediated drug self-delivery system and suggests a new avenue for combined radio- and chemotherapy. Copyright
