Table 1.
Group of peptides that self-assemble to ordered supramolecular networks, constituting in hydrogels
| Head group | Hexamer | Pentamer | Tetramer | Trimer |
| Aspartic acid (D) | LIVAGD | LIVAD | IVAD | IVD |
| ILVAGD | LIVGD | IID | ||
| LIVAAD | ||||
| LAVAGD | ||||
| AIVAGD | ||||
| Glutamic acid (E) | LIVAGE | |||
| Lysine (K) | LIVAGK | |||
| Serine (S) | LIVAGS | |||
| ILVAGS | ||||
| AIVAGS | ||||
| Threonine (T) | LIVAGT | |||
| AIVAGT |
All peptides were acetylated at the N terminus while the carboxyl group at the C terminus was unchanged, except for LIVAGK, which was amidated to suppress the charge at the C terminus. The more extensively investigated peptides are shown in bold; namely, LIVAGD (also named Ac-LD6), AIVAGD (also named Ac-AD6), and IVD (also named Ac-ID3).