Issue 100, 2021

Light-driven dissipative self-assembly of a peptide hydrogel

Abstract

Light energy provides an attractive fuel source for energy dissipating systems because of the lack of waste production, wavelength tunability and the potential for spatial and temporal resolution. In this work, we describe a peptide–spiropyran conjugate that assembled into a transient nanofiber hydrogel in the presence of visible light, and dissociated when the light source was removed.

Graphical abstract: Light-driven dissipative self-assembly of a peptide hydrogel

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Sep 2021
Accepted
23 Nov 2021
First published
29 Nov 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 13776-13779

Author version available

Light-driven dissipative self-assembly of a peptide hydrogel

M. Liu, C. N. Creemer, T. J. Reardon and J. R. Parquette, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 13776 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC04971B

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