## Abstract Formation of a self‐assembled hydrogel with remarkable mechanical rigidity using a very simple building block, 9‐fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl‐diphenylalanine peptide, is reported by Gazit and co‐workers on p. 1365. The hydrogel forms under mild conditions in aqueous solution, using a much s
Rigid, Self-Assembled Hydrogel Composed of a Modified Aromatic Dipeptide
✍ Scribed by A. Mahler; M. Reches; M. Rechter; S. Cohen; E. Gazit
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 283 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0935-9648
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✦ Synopsis
Negev Beer-Sheva 84105 (Israel) [**] E. G. acknowledges the support of the TAU Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Project funded by Clal Industries and of the Israel Science Foundation (FIRST program). S. C. acknowledges the support of the Israel Science Foundation. We thank Dr. Z. Barkay for her help with HR-SEM analysis, Dr. Y. Delarea for his help with TEM experiments, Dr. E. Klein and Dr. I. Popov for E-SEM analysis and Dr. M. Karpasas for rheology measurements. We also thank Dr. A. Solomon and Prof. A. Barzilai and his lab members for in vitro experimentation support, and finally, members of the Gazit laboratory for helpful discussions. A. M. and M. R. contributed equally to this work.
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