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Andrew M. Smith
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 51
Citations - 5426
Andrew M. Smith is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Self-healing hydrogels & Spider silk. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 51 publications receiving 4844 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew M. Smith include University of Bayreuth & University of Sussex.
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Designing peptide based nanomaterials
Rein V. Ulijn,Andrew M. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: This tutorial review looks at the design rules that allow peptides to be exploited as building blocks for the assembly of nanomaterials and the applications of designed self-assembly peptide systems in biotechnology, technology and science.
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Fmoc-diphenylalanine self assembles to a hydrogel via a novel architecture based on π–π interlocked β-sheets
Andrew M. Smith,Richard J. Williams,Claire Tang,Paolo Coppo,Richard F. Collins,Michael L. Turner,Alberto Saiani,Rein V. Ulijn +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the self assembly of peptide hydrogelators that carry aromatic substituents can be modeled by a novel nanocylindrical architecture, which is consistent with the structures observed in TEM and the data obtained by a variety of spectroscopic techniques.
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Self-assembled peptide-based hydrogels as scaffolds for anchorage-dependent cells
Mi Zhou,Andrew M. Smith,Apurba K. Das,Apurba K. Das,Nigel Hodson,Richard F. Collins,Rein V. Ulijn,Julie E. Gough +7 more
TL;DR: The design of a biomimetic nanofibrous hydrogel as a 3D-scaffold for anchorage-dependent cells may offer an economical model scaffold to3D-culture other anchorage -dependent cells for in-vitro tissue regeneration.
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Enzyme-assisted self-assembly under thermodynamic control.
Richard J. Williams,Andrew M. Smith,Richard F. Collins,Nigel Hodson,Apurba K. Das,Apurba K. Das,Rein V. Ulijn +6 more
TL;DR: Enzyme-assisted self-assembly provides control in bottom-up fabrication of nanomaterials that could ultimately lead to functional nanostructures with enhanced complexities and fewer defects.
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Fmoc-Diphenylalanine Self-Assembly Mechanism Induces Apparent pKa Shifts
TL;DR: An entangled network of flexible fibrils forming a weak hydrogel dominates at high pH, while nongelling flat rigid ribbons form at intermediate pH values, which provides further understanding of the self-assembly mechanism of aromatic short peptide derivatives.