Light-driven dissipative self-assembly of a peptide hydrogel

Light energy provides an attractive fuel source for energy dissipating systems because of the lack of waste production, wavelength tunability and the potential for spatial and temporal resolution. In this work, we describe a peptide-spiropyran conjugate that assembled into a transient nanofiber hydr...

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Published inChemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 13776 - 13779
Main Authors Liu, Mengmeng, Creemer, Cassidy N, Reardon, Thomas J, Parquette, Jon R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Royal Society of Chemistry 16.12.2021
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Benzopyrans - chemistry
Benzopyrans - radiation effects
Hydrogels
Hydrogels - chemical synthesis
Hydrogels - chemistry
Hydrogels - radiation effects
Light
Light sources
Nanofibers
Nanofibers - chemistry
Nanofibers - radiation effects
Peptides
Peptides - chemistry
Peptides - radiation effects
Self-assembly
Spiro Compounds - chemistry
Spiro Compounds - radiation effects
Spiropyrans
Temporal resolution
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Summary:Light energy provides an attractive fuel source for energy dissipating systems because of the lack of waste production, wavelength tunability and the potential for spatial and temporal resolution. In this work, we describe a peptide-spiropyran conjugate that assembled into a transient nanofiber hydrogel in the presence of visible light, and dissociated when the light source was removed. In this work, we describe a spiropyran-peptide conjugate that assembles into a transient nanofiber hydrogel, which persists under visible light irradiation but dissipates when the light source is removed.
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10.1039/d1cc04971b
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ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/d1cc04971b