Green and biorecyclable materials based on peptide noncovalent chemistry
Peptides,as a class of biomolecular building units,have biocompatibility,biodegradability,versatility,and sequence diversity,and can form novel materials with multi-scale structures through noncovalent chemistry.The emergence of these peptide based noncovalent chemical materials provides a method for developing eco-friendly,biodegradable and biorecyclable green biorecyclable materials.However,achieving controllable construction and functionalization of materials from single molecule design through noncovalent chemistry of peptides remains a challenge.Therefore,the article first introduced what noncovalent chemistry of peptides is,mainly describing weak intermolecular interactions.Then,it summarized how to achieve controllable construction of peptide materials from single molecule design,mainly introducing three design strategies.Finally,the applications of peptide-based materials,including biomimetic photosynthesis and photocatalysis,drug delivery and disease diagnosis and therapy,as well as processable materials,were reviewed.