Injectable hydrogel composites for biotechnological applications
Hydrogel materials, thanks to their biocompatibility and biodegradability, are very promising for the development of new biocompatible scaffolds for controlled drug release, tissue regeneration and tissue engineering. Low molecular weight peptide-based hydrogels (LMWPGs) are an interesting class of soft materials for the preparation of versatile systems that can be easily modified, both chemically and biologically. Recently, we developed an enzymatic approach for the preparation of injectable, self-assembling materials based on Fmoc-oligopeptides1.