Fast Self‐Assembly Dynamics of a β‐Sheet Peptide Soft Material

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 19; no. 20; pp. e2206795 - n/a
• Main Authors: Bertouille, Jolien, Kasas, Sandor, Martin, Charlotte, Hennecke, Ulrich, Ballet, Steven, Willaert, Ronnie G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Biocompatibility; Biomedical materials; Drug Delivery Systems; high‐speed atomic force microscopy; Hydrogels; Liquid-solid interfaces; Microscopy, Atomic Force; Morphology; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures - chemistry; Nanotechnology; peptide hydrogels; Peptides; Peptides - chemistry; Physical properties; Protein Conformation, beta-Strand; Self-assembly; self‐assembly pathways; solid–liquid interfaces; Tissue engineering; Wound healing; solid-liquid interfaces; high-speed atomic force microscopy; peptide hydrogels; self-assembly pathways

Peptide‐based hydrogels are promising biocompatible materials for wound healing, drug delivery, and tissue engineering applications. The physical properties of these nanostructured materials depend strongly on the morphology of the gel network. However, the self‐assembly mechanism of the peptides th...