title: Emerging bioinspired polymers: glycopolypeptides.
abstract: This article highlights the very recent advances in glycopolypeptide synthesis via NCA polymerization and first studies on stimuli-responsive solution behavior and self-assembling structures. Yet glycopolypeptides are almost exclusively considered as smart biofunctional materials for use in biomedical applications, for instance in targeted drug delivery, but also have high potential for usage as structural materials to fabricate bioinspired hierarchical structures.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Research Campus Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany. Helmut.Schlaad@mpikg.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Kai-Steffen
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Krannig
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schlaad
mesh_terms: D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006031:Glycosylation; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism; D058105:Polymerization; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D006020:Glycopeptides; D037102:Lectins