Adams, Dave J. and Topham, Paul D. (2010). Peptide conjugate hydrogelators. Soft matter, 6 (16), pp. 3707-3721.
Abstract
Molecular gelators are currently receiving a great deal of attention. These are small molecules which, under the appropriate conditions, assemble in solution to, in the majority of cases, give long fibrillar structures which entangle to form a three-dimensional network. This immobilises the solvent, resulting in a gel. Such gelators have potential application in a number of important areas from drug delivery to tissue engineering. Recently, the use of peptide-conjugates has become prevalent with oligopeptides (from as short as two amino acids in length) conjugated to a polymer, alkyl chain or aromatic group such as naphthalene or fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) being shown to be effective molecular gelators. The field of gelation is extremely large; here we focus our attention on the use of these peptide-conjugates as molecular hydrogelators.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1039/c000813c |
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Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Aston University (General) |
Additional Information: | © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | molecular gelators,molecules,drug delivery,tissue engineering,peptide-conjugates,oligopeptides,General Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics |
Publication ISSN: | 1744-6848 |
Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2024 12:31 |
Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2010 12:01 |
Full Text Link: |
http://pubs.rsc ... 813C/2010-04-16 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2010-04-16 |
Authors: |
Adams, Dave J.
Topham, Paul D. ( 0000-0003-4152-6976) |