Short peptides are versatile building blocks for self-assembled biomaterials due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ease of preparation. Most studies of short-peptide self-assembly involve aromatic residues such as phenylalanine or peptides containing terminal capping groups, where π-π interactions play a...
Control over the morphology and function of self-assembling polymers remains a central challenge in engineering adaptive biomaterials and synthetic biological systems. Here, we establish that recombinant elastin-like polypeptide-resilin-like polypeptide diblocks can be programmed through incorporation of unnatural amin...
Developing soft materials that integrate high mechanical performance, self-healing, adhesion, and stimulus-responsive functions remains challenging due to the trade-off between dynamic reversibility and mechanical resilience. Here, we report a P(AA-MA-OA-FHMA) hydrogel fabricated via one-pot free-radical copolymeriza...
Three short β-sheet-forming peptides with graded histidine substitution were designed as minimal supramolecular networks to systematically examine how sequence-level variation regulates supramolecular organization, viscoelastic response, and pH-modulated molecular transport in aqueous environments.
Organic supramolecular gels formed through the self-assembly of π-conjugated molecules such as azobenzenes, coumarins, perylenes, and pyrenes have emerged as versatile materials with diverse functional applications. These gels rely on noncovalent interactions, including hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking, enabling tunab...
While pK30Y10 coatings effectively disrupted both pathogens, the optimal assembly state for biomass reduction differed between Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, suggesting that the biological efficacy is not merely a product of chemical composition, but a direct consequence of how the block architecture...
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