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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
卷 31, 期 19, 页码 7883-7897出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01882
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- ERC Starting Grant (STROFUNSCAFF)
- UK Regenerative Medicine Platform (UKRMP2) Acellular/Smart Materials
- EPSRC [EP/P03361X/1, EP/L021978/1]
- DANSE project under NSF award [DMR-0520547]
- EPSRC [EP/P03361X/1, EP/L021978/1, EP/L021978/2] Funding Source: UKRI
Self-assembled nanofibers are ubiquitous in nature and serve as inspiration for the design of supramolecular hydrogels. A multicomponent approach offers the possibility of enhancing the tunability and functionality of this class of materials. We report on the synergistic multicomponent self-assembly involving a peptide amphiphile (PA) and a 1,3:2,4-dibenzylidene-D-sorbitol (DBS) gelator to generate hydrogels with tunable nanoscale morphology, improved stiffness, enhanced self-healing, and stability to enzymatic degradation. Using induced circular dichroism of Thioflavin T (ThT), electron microscopy, small-angle neutron scattering, and molecular dynamics approaches, we confirm that the PA undergoes self-sorting, while the DBS gelator acts as an additive modifier for the PA nanofibers. The supramolecular interactions between the PA and DBS gelators result in improved bulk properties and cytocompatibility of the two-component hydrogels as compared to those of the single-component systems. The tunable mechanical properties, self-healing ability, resistance to proteolysis, and biocompatibility of the hydrogels suggest future opportunities for the hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering and drug delivery vehicles.
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