Peptides attached to responsive surfaces

Biomaterial surfaces may be peptide based without relying on the peptide to be stimulus responsive. This may be advantageous when current technology does not furnish us with responsive peptides that react to the stimulus dictated by a selected application. Other considerations such as response time, robustness, and cost may also contribute to the selection of non-peptide-based response mechanisms for peptide surfaces. In these instances, the peptide sequences will typically be chosen for their biological importance, the prevailing sequences used being ROD (a sequence found in the cell 

Switchable and Responsive Surfaces and Materials for Biomedical Applications 

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