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Applications of self-assembling ultrashort peptides in bionanotechnology

Ming Ni*ab  and  Shuangmu Zhuo ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Photonics Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, P. R. China
E-mail: shuangmuzhuo@gmail.com, mingni.sg@gmail.com

b School of Biological Sciences & Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Hacienda San José s/n, San Miguel de Urcuquí 100105, Ecuador

Abstract

Peptides are intriguing building blocks for a variety of applications in bionanotechnology. Peptides can self-assemble into well-ordered nanostructures. Among the various nanomorphology forms, peptide nanofibers and nanotubes are relevant in biomedical applications. In this review, their applications as tissue engineering scaffolds, drug delivery vehicles, three-dimensional printing bioinks and bioimaging nanoprobes will be illustrated. This review article describes di-, tri-, tetra-peptides because they are cost-effective, simple to prepare, and amenable to production on a large scale.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA07533F
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
10 Sep 2018
Accepted
19 Dec 2018
First published
08 Jan 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 844-852

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Applications of self-assembling ultrashort peptides in bionanotechnology

M. Ni and S. Zhuo, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 844 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA07533F

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