Design and applications of man-made biomimetic fibrillar hydrogels

Patterning of Structurally Anisotropic Composite Hydrogel Sheets

(2018) Elisabeth Prince et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The Role of Network Architecture in Collagen Mechanics

(2018) Karin A. Jansen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Molecular model of human tropoelastin and implications of associated mutations

(2018) Anna Tarakanova et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Can percolation theory explain the gelation behavior of diblock copolymer worms?

(2018) Joseph R. Lovett et al.   Chemical Science

Fibronectin, the extracellular glue

(2017) Alicia J. Zollinger et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Injectable Anisotropic Nanocomposite Hydrogels Direct in Situ Growth and Alignment of Myotubes

(2017) Kevin J. De France et al.   NANO LETTERS

Injectable biomimetic liquid crystalline scaffolds enhance muscle stem cell transplantation

(2017) Eduard Sleep et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vascular induction and cell infiltration into peptide-modified bioactive silk fibroin hydrogels

(2017) Yusuke Kambe et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Extracellular matrix structure

(2016) Achilleas D. Theocharis et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Temperature-Responsive Nanofibrillar Hydrogels for Cell Encapsulation

(2016) Héloïse Thérien-Aubin et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Hydrothermal Gelation of Aqueous Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions

(2016) Lev Lewis et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Enhanced Mechanical Properties in Cellulose Nanocrystal–Poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) Injectable Nanocomposite Hydrogels through Control of Physical and Chemical Cross-Linking

(2016) Kevin J. De France et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Chitosan-chitin nanocrystal composite scaffolds for tissue engineering

(2016) Mingxian Liu et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Composite Hydrogels with Tunable Anisotropic Morphologies and Mechanical Properties

(2016) Mokit Chau et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fiber Network Models Predict Enhanced Cell Mechanosensing on Fibrous Gels

(2016) Maziar Aghvami et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

A Robust Cross-Linking Strategy for Block Copolymer Worms Prepared via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly

(2016) J. R. Lovett et al.   MACROMOLECULES

50th Anniversary Perspective: Block Polymers—Pure Potential

(2016) Christopher M. Bates et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Supramolecular Nanofibers Enhance Growth Factor Signaling by Increasing Lipid Raft Mobility

(2016) Christina J. Newcomb et al.   NANO LETTERS

Designer matrices for intestinal stem cell and organoid culture

(2016) Nikolce Gjorevski et al.   NATURE

Biomimetic 4D printing

(2016) A. Sydney Gladman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

pH-Responsive non-ionic diblock copolymers: protonation of a morpholine end-group induces an order–order transition

(2016) N. J. W. Penfold et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Freezing Molecular Orientation under Stretch for High Mechanical Strength but Anisotropic Hydrogels

(2016) Peng Lin et al.   Small

Mucin-Inspired Thermoresponsive Synthetic Hydrogels Induce Stasis in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Human Embryos

(2016) Irene Canton et al.   ACS Central Science

Tissue-Factor Targeted Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers as an Injectable Therapy To Control Hemorrhage

(2015) Courtney E. Morgan et al.   ACS Nano

Cover Picture: Structurally Defined Molecular Hypervalent Iodine Catalysts for Intermolecular Enantioselective Reactions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2016)

(2015) Stefan Haubenreisser et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Disulfide-Functionalized Diblock Copolymer Worm Gels

(2015) Nicholas J. Warren et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Disulfide-Based Diblock Copolymer Worm Gels: A Wholly-Synthetic Thermoreversible 3D Matrix for Sheet-Based Cultures

(2015) Karen A. Simon et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Ion-Mediated Gelation of Aqueous Suspensions of Cellulose Nanocrystals

(2015) Mokit Chau et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Fabrication of injectable, cellular, anisotropic collagen tissue equivalents with modular fibrillar densities

(2015) Benedetto Marelli et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Revealing the structures of cellulose nanofiber bundles obtained by mechanical nanofibrillation via TEM observation

(2015) Wenshuai Chen et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Human breast cancer invasion and aggression correlates with ECM stiffening and immune cell infiltration

(2015) I. Acerbi et al.   Integrative Biology

Microbuckling of fibrin provides a mechanism for cell mechanosensing

(2015) Jacob Notbohm et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem cell fate and activity

(2015) Ovijit Chaudhuri et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Biomechanical and biochemical remodeling of stromal extracellular matrix in cancer

(2015) Ruchi Malik et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Online determination of anisotropy during cellulose nanofibril assembly in a flow focusing device

(2015) Karl M. O. Håkansson   RSC Advances

Utilizing Fibronectin Integrin-Binding Specificity to Control Cellular Responses

(2015) Haylee Bachman et al.   Advances in Wound Care

Drug discovery through stem cell-based organoid models

(2014) Adrian Ranga et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

25th Anniversary Article: Supramolecular Materials for Regenerative Medicine

(2014) Job Boekhoven et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

pH-Responsive Non-Ionic Diblock Copolymers: Ionization of Carboxylic Acid End-Groups Induces an Order-Order Morphological Transition

(2014) Joseph R. Lovett et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-Organized ECM-Mimetic Model Based on an Amphiphilic Multiblock Silk-Elastin-Like Corecombinamer with a Concomitant Dual Physical Gelation Process

(2014) Alicia Fernández-Colino et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Self-Assembly of Fiber-Forming Collagen Mimetic Peptides Controlled by Triple-Helical Nucleation

(2014) Biplab Sarkar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Surface chemistry, morphological analysis and properties of cellulose nanocrystals with gradiented sulfation degrees

(2014) Ning Lin et al.   Nanoscale

3D bioprinting of tissues and organs

(2014) Sean V Murphy et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix homeostasis

(2014) Jay D. Humphrey et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Extracellular matrix assembly: a multiscale deconstruction

(2014) Janna K. Mouw et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The wound healing, chronic fibrosis, and cancer progression triad

(2014) Brad Rybinski et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS

Gel Scaffolds of BMP-2-Binding Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers for Spinal Arthrodesis

(2014) Sungsoo S. Lee et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Tuning supramolecular mechanics to guide neuron development

(2013) Shantanu Sur et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) nanocomposites containing nanocrystalline cellulose: a green approach to thermoresponsive hydrogels

(2013) Roberta Sanna et al.   CELLULOSE

Elastic fibres in health and disease

(2013) Andrew K. Baldwin et al.   EXPERT REVIEWS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

RAFT Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization Yields Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Diblock Copolymer Nano-Objects with Predictable Single Phase Morphologies

(2013) Nicholas J. Warren et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanocellulose: a new ageless bionanomaterial

(2013) Alain Dufresne   Materials Today

Responsive biomimetic networks from polyisocyanopeptide hydrogels

(2013) Paul H. J. Kouwer et al.   NATURE

Relationship between anisotropic diffusion properties and tissue morphology in porcine TMJ disc

(2013) C. Shi et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Strain history dependence of the nonlinear stress response of fibrin and collagen networks

(2013) S. Munster et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Use of Nanofibrillar Cellulose Hydrogel As a Flexible Three-Dimensional Model to Culture Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

(2013) Yan-Ru Lou et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Collagen as a double-edged sword in tumor progression

(2013) Min Fang et al.   TUMOR BIOLOGY

A simple method for fabricating 3-D multilayered composite scaffolds

(2012) Cédryck Vaquette et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Hydraulic permeability of multilayered collagen gel scaffolds under plastic compression-induced unidirectional fluid flow

(2012) Vahid Serpooshan et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Neural stem cells encapsulated in a functionalized self-assembling peptide hydrogel for brain tissue engineering

(2012) Tzu-Yun Cheng et al.   BIOMATERIALS

β-Chitin nanofibrils for self-sustaining hydrogels preparation via hydrothermal treatment

(2012) Iryanti Fatyasari Nata et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel promotes three-dimensional liver cell culture

(2012) Madhushree Bhattacharya et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Sterilizable Gels from Thermoresponsive Block Copolymer Worms

(2012) Adam Blanazs et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chitin-chitosan nanocomposite gels: reinforcement of chitosan hydrogels with rod-like chitin nanowhiskers

(2012) Jun Araki et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Rheological studies of thermo-responsive diblock copolymer worm gels

(2012) R. Verber et al.   Soft Matter

The conundrum of gel formation by molecular nanofibers, wormlike micelles, and filamentous proteins: gelation without cross-links?

(2012) Srinivasa R. Raghavan et al.   Soft Matter

pH-Responsive Cellulose Nanocrystal Gels and Nanocomposites

(2012) Amanda E. Way et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Increasing electrospun scaffold pore size with tailored collectors for improved cell penetration

(2011) Cedryck Vaquette et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Aligned Collagen Is a Prognostic Signature for Survival in Human Breast Carcinoma

(2011) Matthew W. Conklin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Encapsulation of curcumin in self-assembling peptide hydrogels as injectable drug delivery vehicles

(2011) Aysegul Altunbas et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Formation of hydrogels from cellulose nanofibers

(2011) Kentaro Abe et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Remodeling and homeostasis of the extracellular matrix: implications for fibrotic diseases and cancer

(2011) T. R. Cox et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

A Fibronectin-Independent Mechanism of Collagen Fibrillogenesis in Adult Liver Remodeling

(2011) Kei Moriya et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

A 3D model of ovarian cancer cell lines on peptide nanofiber scaffold to explore the cell–scaffold interaction and chemotherapeutic resistance of anticancer drugs

(2011) Zehong Yang et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Gelatin nanofibers fabricated by extruding immiscible polymer solution blend and their application in tissue engineering

(2011) Ang Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Type I collagen, fibrin and PuraMatrix matrices provide permissive environments for human endothelial and mesenchymal progenitor cells to form neovascular networks

(2011) Patrick Allen et al.   Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Viscoelastic properties of model segments of collagen molecules

(2011) Alfonso Gautieri et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Multi-hierarchical self-assembly of a collagen mimetic peptide from triple helix to nanofibre and hydrogel

(2011) Lesley E. R. O'Leary et al.   Nature Chemistry

Nanomechanics of functional and pathological amyloid materials

(2011) Tuomas P. J. Knowles et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Balancing forces: architectural control of mechanotransduction

(2011) Christopher C. DuFort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Nanostructured biocomposites of high toughness—a wood cellulose nanofiber network in ductile hydroxyethylcellulose matrix

(2011) Houssine Sehaqui et al.   Soft Matter

Shear-thinning hydrogels for biomedical applications

(2011) Murat Guvendiren et al.   Soft Matter

Assembly of Fibronectin Extracellular Matrix

(2010) Purva Singh et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Pore size variable type I collagen gels and their interaction with glioma cells

(2010) Ya-li Yang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Bone regeneration mediated by biomimetic mineralization of a nanofiber matrix

(2010) Alvaro Mata et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Structural Hierarchy Governs Fibrin Gel Mechanics

(2010) Izabela K. Piechocka et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Diffusion Anisotropy in Collagen Gels and Tumors: The Effect of Fiber Network Orientation

(2010) Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cellulose Nanocrystals: Chemistry, Self-Assembly, and Applications

(2010) Youssef Habibi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Tuning Supramolecular Rigidity of Peptide Fibers through Molecular Structure

(2010) E. Thomas Pashuck et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Capturing the stem cell paracrine effect using heparin-presenting nanofibres to treat cardiovascular diseases

(2010) Matthew J. Webber et al.   Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Self-Assembly and Biomaterials

(2010) Samuel I. Stupp   NANO LETTERS

A self-assembly pathway to aligned monodomain gels

(2010) Shuming Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Nanotechnological strategies for engineering complex tissues

(2010) Tal Dvir et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Structure and properties of polysaccharide nanocrystal-doped supramolecular hydrogels based on Cyclodextrin inclusion

(2010) Xiaolan Zhang et al.   POLYMER

Supramolecular design of self-assembling nanofibers for cartilage regeneration

(2010) Ramille N. Shah et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Injectable solid hydrogel: mechanism of shear-thinning and immediate recovery of injectable β-hairpin peptide hydrogels

(2010) Congqi Yan et al.   Soft Matter

Hydrogelation of self-assembling RGD-based peptides

(2010) G. Cheng et al.   Soft Matter

Introducing chemical functionality in Fmoc-peptide gels for cell culture

(2009) Vineetha Jayawarna et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Electrospun nanostructured scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

(2009) Molamma P. Prabhakaran et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Development of bioactive peptide amphiphiles for therapeutic cell delivery

(2009) Matthew J. Webber et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Electrospun scaffolds for stem cell engineering

(2009) Shawn H. Lim et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of RGD-Functionalized PEO-PB Amphiphiles

(2009) John A. Zupancich et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Self-assembled peptide-based hydrogels as scaffolds for anchorage-dependent cells

(2009) Mi Zhou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A Stiff Blow from the Stroma: Collagen Crosslinking Drives Tumor Progression

(2009) Mei Rosa Ng et al.   CANCER CELL

Tunable Mechanics of Peptide Nanofiber Gels

(2009) Megan A. Greenfield et al.   LANGMUIR

Rational design and application of responsive α-helical peptide hydrogels

(2009) Eleanor F. Banwell et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Non-Linear Elasticity of Extracellular Matrices Enables Contractile Cells to Communicate Local Position and Orientation

(2009) Jessamine P. Winer et al.   PLoS One

Fibronectin forms the most extensible biological fibers displaying switchable force-exposed cryptic binding sites

(2009) E. Klotzsch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Extracellular Matrix: Not Just Pretty Fibrils

(2009) R. O. Hynes   SCIENCE

Multiscale Mechanics of Fibrin Polymer: Gel Stretching with Protein Unfolding and Loss of Water

(2009) A. E. X. Brown et al.   SCIENCE

Micropatterning of bioactive self-assembling gels

(2009) Alvaro Mata et al.   Soft Matter

Fibrin network structure and clot mechanical properties are altered by incorporation of erythrocytes

(2009) Kathryn Gersh et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

The Basic Science of Articular Cartilage: Structure, Composition, and Function

(2009) Alice J. Sophia Fox et al.   Sports Health-A Multidisciplinary Approach

Electrospinning: Applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering

(2008) Travis J. Sill et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Macromolecular diffusion and release from self-assembled β-hairpin peptide hydrogels

(2008) Monica C. Branco et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Electrospun nanofiber scaffolds: engineering soft tissues

(2008) S G Kumbar et al.   Biomedical Materials

Designing peptide based nanomaterials

(2008) Rein V. Ulijn et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Mechanotransduction in development: a growing role for contractility

(2008) Michele A. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanotransduction gone awry

(2008) Diana E. Jaalouk et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Fmoc-Diphenylalanine Self Assembles to a Hydrogel via a Novel Architecture Based on π–π Interlocked β-Sheets

(2007) A. M. Smith et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Physical and chemical modifications of collagen gels: Impact on diffusion

(2007) Arne Erikson et al.   BIOPOLYMERS