see hydrogel fibrils grow!

Our recent collaboration with Prof. Alvarez de Cienfuegos, studying the formation of supramolecular peptide hydrogels has been published in Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

Using advanced, multiparametric fluorescence microscopy and single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy, we have studied the early stages of hydrogel formation and characterized the role of counter ions in the hydrophobicity of the fibers and self-healing properties of the gel.

Check out the manuscript:

Mañas-Torres et al. In situ real-time monitoring of the mechanism of self-assembly of short peptide supramolecular polymers. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. DOI: 10.1039/D1QM00477H