A multi-stimuli responsive, self-assembling, boronic acid dipeptide.
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Modification of the dipeptide of phenylalanine, FF, with a boronic acid (BA) functionality imparts unique aqueous self-assembly behavior that responds to multiple stimuli. Changes in pH and ionic strength are used to trigger hydrogelation via the formation of nanoribbon networks. Furthermore, we show for the first time that the binding of polyols to the BA functionality can modulate a peptide between its assembled and disassembled states.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 51 77 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015