Issue 5, 2017

Supramolecular silk from a peptide hydrogel

Abstract

A macroscopic silk-like fiber can be drawn directly from a hydrogel self-assembled from peptides, which offers an easy and versatile method for generating materials with hierarchically ordered structures over different scales and extends the utility of peptide hydrogels.

Graphical abstract: Supramolecular silk from a peptide hydrogel

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
26 Sep 2016
Accepted
10 Nov 2016
First published
07 Dec 2016

Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 911-915

Supramolecular silk from a peptide hydrogel

J. Zhan, Y. Cai, S. Ji, Y. Shang, J. Gao and Z. Yang, Mater. Chem. Front., 2017, 1, 911 DOI: 10.1039/C6QM00233A

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