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Biomacromolecules
January 2025
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
In this work, we investigate the pH-responsive behavior of multidomain peptide (MDP) hydrogels containing histidine. Small-angle X-ray scattering confirmed that MDP nanofibers sequester nonpolar residues into a hydrophobic core surrounded by a shell of hydrophilic residues. MDPs with histidine on the hydrophilic face formed nanofibers at all pH values tested, but the morphology of the fibers was influenced by the protonation state and the location of histidine in the MDP sequence.
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January 2025
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
Self-assembling cyclic peptide nanotubes are fascinating supramolecular systems with promising potential for various applications, such as drug delivery, transmembrane ionic channels, and artificial light-harvesting systems. In this study, we present novel pH-responsive nanotubes based on asymmetric cyclic peptide-polymer conjugates. The pH response is introduced by a tertiary amine-based polymer, poly(dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate) (pDMAEMA) or poly(diethylamino ethyl methacrylate) (pDEAEMA) which is protonated at low pH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein, we present a strategy to access a novel class of pH-responsive, dual-state emissive (DSE), highly fluorescent pyrrole-based chromophores diformylation of dipyrroethenes (DPE) followed by condensation with various aniline derivatives. The DPE-based chromophores exhibit a large Stokes shift and maintain good fluorescence quantum yields. Remarkably, these chromophores demonstrate reversible colourimetric changes and a fluorometric 'on-off-on' switch in response to pH variations.
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December 2024
Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China.
Smart shape-memory DNA hydrogels, which can respond to various types of external stimuli and undergo macroscopic shape deformations, have shown great potential in various applications. By constructing free-standing films, the deformation and response properties of these hydrogels can be further enhanced, and visualized deformation can be achieved. However, DNA hydrogels that can exhibit rapid and high-degree shape deformations, such as the inverse shape deformations, are still lacking.
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May 2025
Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE, Future Technologies), College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics and Strait Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (SLoFE), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, China. Electronic address:
As regulators and promotors of joint erosion, pro-inflammatory M1-like macrophages play pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we develop a supramolecular self-assembly (PCSN@MTX) of molybdenum (Mo) based polyoxometalate (POM), β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), and methotrexate (MTX), in which the MTX is loaded by host-guest interaction. PCSN@MTX shows inhibition of synovial M1-like macrophages polarization to alleviate RA.
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