Self-assembled arginine-coated peptide nanosheets in water.

نویسندگان

  • Ian W Hamley
  • Ashkan Dehsorkhi
  • Valeria Castelletto
چکیده

The surfactant-like peptide (Ala)(6)(Arg) is found to self-assemble into 3 nm-thick sheets in aqueous solution. Scanning transmission electron microscopy measurements of mass per unit area indicate a layer structure based on antiparallel dimers. At higher concentration the sheets wrap into unprecedented ultrathin helical ribbon and nanotube architectures.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chemical communications

دوره 49 18  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013