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The emergence of peptide- and polypeptide-based materials in the field of biomedicine and biotechnology is gaining importance due to its unique physical, chemical, and biological properties like biocompatibility, tunability, ease of synthesis and removal from body, and lack of toxicity. These biocompatible materials are the most suitable for biomedical applications in vivo. The clear understanding of the protein-structure function and their self-assembling mechanism can pave way to obtaining molecular models suitable for different biomedical applications. This chapter aims to focus on the basic properties, synthesis techniques, design principles, and biomedical applications of peptide-based biopolymers.
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Varghese, R.T., Chirayil, C.J., Thomas, S. (2023). Peptide-Based Biopolymers in Biomedicine and Biotechnology. In: Thomas, S., AR, A., Jose Chirayil, C., Thomas, B. (eds) Handbook of Biopolymers . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0710-4_41
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