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Conjugates of naphthalene and dipeptides produce molecular hydrogelators with high efficiency of hydrogelation and superhelical nanofibers
Yang, Zhimou,Liang, Gaolin,Ma, Manlung,Gao, Yuan,Xu, Bing
, p. 850 - 854 (2008/02/04)
Here we report a new class of molecular hydrogelators based on the conjugates of dipeptide and (naphthalen-2-yloxy)acetic acid. They form hydrogels efficiently - the lowest concentration for them to gel water is 0.07 wt%. Two hydrogelators show the ability to form helical nanofibers within the hydrogels, and the chirality of the hydrogelators apparently dictates the handedness of the nanofibers - d-peptide and l-peptide afford left-handed and right-handed self-assembled nanofibers in the hydrogels, respectively. Moreover, MTT assay of the viability of cells indicates that these molecular hydrogelators are biocompatible. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2007.
Supramolecular hydrogels based on β-amino acid derivatives
Yang, Zhimou,Liang, Gaolin,Xu, Bing
, p. 738 - 740 (2008/02/03)
Here we report on a new class of supramolecular hydrogels based on dipeptides that consist of β-amino acids, which may confer proteolytic resistance to the hydrogels for biomedical applications. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL SUPRAMOLECULAR HYDROGELS AS BIOMATERIALS
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The present invention pertains to the design and application of a supramolecular hydrogel having a three-dimensional, self-assembling, elastic, network structure comprising non-polymeric, functional molecules and a liquid medium, whereby the functional mo
