Issue 4, 2020

Chemical stimulus-responsive supramolecular hydrogel formation and shrinkage of a hydrazone-containing short peptide derivative

Abstract

Artificial supramolecular nanostructures showing transient properties have attracted significant attention in recent years. New discoveries in this area may provide insights into a better understanding of the sophisticated organization of complex biomolecular systems. Nevertheless, research concerning such materials is still limited. Better knowledge of the chemical reactivity and corresponding molecular transformations of self-assembling molecules, which guide their assembly/disassembly, may provide an opportunity to construct transient supramolecular nanostructures capable of showing chemical stimulus responsiveness. Herein, we report a short peptide derivative containing a hydrazone bond, which shows transient hydrogel formation (no only sol-to-gel but also gel-to-shrunken gel phase transition) accompanied by continuous transformation and growth of supramolecular nanostructures triggered by hydrazone–oxime exchange reaction in response to hydroxylamine. Such controlled shrinkage behavior of supramolecular hydrogels in response to specific chemical stimuli has rarely been explored compared with conventional polymer hydrogel systems.

Graphical abstract: Chemical stimulus-responsive supramolecular hydrogel formation and shrinkage of a hydrazone-containing short peptide derivative

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Okt. 2019
Accepted
03 Dec. 2019
First published
04 Dec. 2019

Soft Matter, 2020,16, 899-906

Chemical stimulus-responsive supramolecular hydrogel formation and shrinkage of a hydrazone-containing short peptide derivative

T. Sugiura, T. Kanada, D. Mori, H. Sakai, A. Shibata, Y. Kitamura and M. Ikeda, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 899 DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01969C

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