Bioinspired functional self-healing hydrogels from a minimalistic dipeptide building block
Ipsita Sahu, Yiming Tang, Zichao Wang, Souvik Naskar, Thangavel Vijayakanth, Vivek Vishwanath Adole, Guanghong Wei, Priyadarshi Chakraborty
Abstract
Fmoc–Lys(Fmoc)–Phe produced self-healing hydrogels with dye adsorption capability. The Phe groups facilitate the branching of the fibers. Composite hydrogels of the peptide with edge-functionalized graphene oxide exhibited semiconductive behavior.
Topics & Concepts
Self-healing hydrogelsSelf-healingDipeptideBranching (polymer chemistry)Materials scienceAdsorptionComposite numberGrapheneSelf-assemblyOxideChemical engineeringPeptideNanotechnologyPolymer chemistryChemistryComposite materialOrganic chemistryBiochemistryMedicineAlternative medicineEngineeringPathologyMetallurgySupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applicationsLipid Membrane Structure and Behavior