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Supramolecular hydrogels based on the epitope of potassium ion channels

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Imparting aromatic-aromatic interactions to the potassium binding epitope affords a supramolecular hydrogelator that responds to the K(+) concentration by self-assembly into nanofibers of different widths and crosslinking patterns, which illustrates a simple approach to generate biomimic materials based on tunable, hierarchical self-assembly of small molecules.

Source: Chemical Communications

DOI: 10.1039/c1cc13115j

Authors: Yi Kuang, Yuan Gao, Junfeng Shi, Hsin-Chieh Lin, Bing Xu

Institution: Brandeis University

Language: English

Topic: Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute

Award: Subcellular enzyme-instructed self-assembly for molecular anticancer nanomedicines