Abstract

The development of adaptive nanomaterials that are responsive to changes in their surrounding environment would enable such materials to be used in wide range of applications such as drug delivery vehicles or biosensors. Reversible boronic ester chemistry, which is used in this work, has several advantages as a building block for making adaptive nanomaterials including the ease of preparation, high sensitivity to external stimuli such as pH, and relative stability especially when compared to other non-covalent reversible systems. Herein, by using small boronic acids as anchor and peptides as connectors, we report progress in the initial development of novel, peptidyl-based pH dependent adaptive nanomaterials using reversible boronic ester chemistry and its characterisation using small angle X-ray scattering.

Full Text
Paper version not known

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.