Recent Advances in Peptide Assembly and Bioactivity
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 56
Special Issue Editor
Interests: peptide assembly; polycondensate; underwater adhesive; antimicrobial; tissue sealant
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Dear Colleagues,
Peptide self-assembly has emerged as a transformative strategy in engineering bioactive materials, offering unparalleled advantages in biocompatibility and therapeutic precision. A growing body of evidence has elucidated its critical role in modulating fundamental biological processes, ranging from gene delivery and transcriptional regulation to antimicrobial interventions and growth factor stabilization. These supramolecular architectures demonstrate remarkable pharmacokinetic enhancements, including extended systemic circulation, optimized cellular uptake kinetics, and spatiotemporal targeting specificity. Particularly noteworthy is their inherent dynamic adaptability, which confers stimuli-responsive reconfiguration capabilities. This unique property enables the development of intelligent material platforms with programmable bioactivity modulation, creating unprecedented opportunities for precision biomedical applications.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute groundbreaking original research or state-of-the-art reviews to this Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Peptide Assembly and Bioactivity". This collection will highlight innovative self-assembling peptide systems and hybrid co-assemblies that address pressing biomedical challenges, with a particular emphasis on elucidating structure-bioactivity relationships. Submissions exploring novel assembly mechanisms, advanced characterization methodologies, or translational applications across therapeutic domains are especially encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Wen Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- peptide
- self-assembly
- co-assembly
- stimuli-responsive
- bioactivity
- biomaterials
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