Hydrophobic interaction and hydrogen bonding cooperatively confer a vancomycin hydrogel: a potential candidate for biomaterials.
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.
Xing
Bengang
B
Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, ROC.
Yu
Chun-Wing
CW
Chow
Kin-Hung
KH
Ho
Pak-Leung
PL
Fu
Degang
D
Xu
Bing
B
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D020100:Hydrogels; D011721:Pyrenes; D014867:Water; D014640:Vancomycin; C030984:pyrene