Reversible helical unwinding transition of a self-assembling peptide amphiphile


Autoria(s): Hamley, Ian; Dehsorkhi, A.; Castelletto, Valeria; Furzeland, S.; Atkins, D.; Seitsonen, J.; Ruokolainen, J.
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19/08/2013

Resumo

A designed peptide amphiphile C16-KKFFVLK self-assembles into nanotubes and helical ribbons in aqueous solution at room temperature. A remarkable unwinding transition, leading to twisted tapes, is observed on heating. Nanotubes and ribbons re-form on cooling.

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http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/34133/1/IWH%20Sept%2013%20-SoftMatterHelicalRibbons.pdf

Hamley, I. <http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000472.html>, Dehsorkhi, A., Castelletto, V. <http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000493.html>, Furzeland, S., Atkins, D., Seitsonen, J. and Ruokolainen, J. (2013) Reversible helical unwinding transition of a self-assembling peptide amphiphile. Soft Matter, 9 (39). pp. 9290-9293. ISSN 1744-683X doi: 10.1039/c3sm51725j <http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3sm51725j>

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en

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/34133/

creatorInternal Hamley, Ian

creatorInternal Castelletto, Valeria

10.1039/c3sm51725j

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Article

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