Issue 40, 2015

Alignment of nanostructured tripeptide gels by directional ultrasonication

Abstract

We demonstrate an in situ ultrasonic approach to influence self-assembly across the supramolecular to micron length scales, showing enhancement of supramolecular interactions, chirality and orientation, which depends on the peptide sequence and solvent environment. This is the first successful demonstration of using oscillating pressure waves to generate anisotropic organo- and hydrogels consisting of oriented tripeptides structures.

Graphical abstract: Alignment of nanostructured tripeptide gels by directional ultrasonication

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 mar 2015
Accepted
10 apr 2015
First published
10 apr 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8465-8468

Author version available

Alignment of nanostructured tripeptide gels by directional ultrasonication

C. G. Pappas, P. W. J. M. Frederix, T. Mutasa, S. Fleming, Y. M. Abul-Haija, S. M. Kelly, A. Gachagan, D. Kalafatovic, J. Trevino, R. V. Ulijn and S. Bai, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 8465 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02049B

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