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Peptide Gelators to Template Inorganic Nanoparticle Formation

Journal

GELS
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/gels7010014

Keywords

peptides; gels; inorganic nanoparticles; nanowires; nanotubes; nanostructures; metal; metal oxides; self-assembly

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  1. EU [820723]
  2. H2020 Societal Challenges Programme [820723] Funding Source: H2020 Societal Challenges Programme

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The use of peptides as templates for inorganic nanoparticle formation is an environmentally friendly method with applications in various fields. Short-peptide gelators provide dynamic supramolecular environments, and recent research progress outlines future research directions.
The use of peptides to template inorganic nanoparticle formation has attracted great interest as a green route to advance structures with innovative physicochemical properties for a variety of applications that range from biomedicine and sensing, to catalysis. In particular, short-peptide gelators offer the advantage of providing dynamic supramolecular environments for the templating effect on the formation of inorganic nanoparticles directly in the resulting gels, and ideally without using further reductants or chemical reagents. This mini-review describes the recent progress in the field to outline future research directions towards dynamic functional materials that exploit the synergy between supramolecular chemistry, nanoscience, and the interface between organic and inorganic components for advanced performance.

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