Peptide nanostructures encapsulating a foreign material and method of manufacturing same

A method of encapsulating material in a tubular, spherical or planar nanostructure, the method comprising:

• (a) providing the tubular or spherical nanostructure composed of a plurality of peptides, wherein each of said plurality of peptides includes no more than 4 amino acids and whereas at least one of said 4 amino acids is an aromatic amino acid, the tubular or spherical nanostructure having an internal cavity;
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• (b) introducing the material into said internal cavity of the tubular or spherical nanostructure, thereby encapsulating the material in the tubular or spherical nanostructure.

A method of encapsulating material in a tubular, spherical or planar nanostructure, the method comprising assembling the tubular or spherical nanostructure composed of a plurality of peptides, wherein each of said plurality of peptides includes no more than 4 amino acids and whereas at least one of said 4 amino acids is an aromatic amino acid in the presence of the material, there by encapsulating the material on the tubular or spherical nanostructure.

A composition comprising a material at least partially enclosed by a tubular, spherical or planar nanostructure composed of polyaromatic peptides.