title: Hydrophobic interaction and hydrogen bonding cooperatively confer a vancomycin hydrogel: a potential candidate for biomaterials.
abstract: Antibiotic hydrogels based on a vancomycin (Van) derivative, formed by self-assembling Van-pyrene (1) in water, using the pi-pi interaction of pyrene moieties and hydrogen bonding of Vans, promise a new way to make novel biomaterials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, ROC.
authors.forename: Bengang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Chun-Wing
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Kin-Hung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Pak-Leung
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Degang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D020100:Hydrogels; D011721:Pyrenes; D014867:Water; D014640:Vancomycin; C030984:pyrene