Molecular Design and Applications of Self-Assembling Surfactant-Like Peptides

الملخص EN

Self-assembling surfactant-like peptides have been explored as emerging nanobiomaterials in recent years.

These peptides are usually amphiphilic, typically possessing a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic moiety.

The structural characteristics can promote many peptide molecules to self-assemble into various nanostructures.

Furthermore, properties of peptide molecules such as charge distribution and geometrical shape could also alter the formation of the self-assembling nanostructures.

Based on their diverse self-assembling behaviours and nanostructures, self-assembling surfactant-like peptides exhibit great potentials in many fields, including membrane protein stabilization, drug delivery, and tissue engineering.

This review mainly focuses on recent advances in studying self-assembling surfactant-like peptides, introducing their designs and the potential applications in nanobiotechnology.