Supramolecular Peptide Materials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Bio-Engineered Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 173
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (I.E.S.L.), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FO.R.T.H.), Vassilika Vouton, Crete, Greece
Interests: the proteins as biomaterials; bioinspired materials; engineering and design of fibrous biomaterials; self-assembling peptides; protein folding and assembly; protein engineering and production; adenovirus proteins
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Supramolecular Peptide Materials for Biomedical Applications” in Biomolecules. Supramolecular peptide materials, driven by non-covalent interactions and molecular self-assembly, represent a rapidly advancing class of functional systems with remarkable potential in biomedicine. Peptides can be rationally designed to form nanostructures that exhibit excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and tunable functionalities, making them ideal candidates for applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering, biosensing, and regenerative medicine.
This Special Issue aims to showcase high-quality original research and comprehensive reviews that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Design principles and synthetic strategies for supramolecular peptide materials;
- Peptide self-assembly mechanisms and structure–property relationships;
- Functional peptide nanostructures;
- Advanced characterization and modeling of peptide-based supramolecular systems;
- Biomedical applications such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and biosensing;
- Translational challenges, biocompatibility, and in vivo performance of peptide materials.
Contributions that advance fundamental understanding or demonstrate innovative biomedical applications of supramolecular peptide systems are particularly encouraged.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Molecules.
Prof. Dr. Anna Mitraki
Guest Editor
Dr. Dhwanit R. Dave
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- supramolecular peptides
- peptide self-assembly
- peptide-based biomaterials
- biomedical applications
- drug delivery
- tissue engineering
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