Interfacial ordering of thermotropic liquid crystals triggered by the secondary structures of oligopeptides.
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We report that assemblies formed by eight oligopeptides at phospholipid-decorated interfaces of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) trigger changes in ordering of the LCs that are dependent on the secondary structures of the oligopeptides (as characterized in situ using infrared-visible sum-frequency spectroscopy).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 51 94 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015