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Study of the nano-morphological versatility by self-assembly of a peptide mimetic molecule in response to physical and chemical stimuli

Sudeshna Kar, Kung-Wei Wu, I‐Jui Hsu, Chi-Rung Lee, Yian Tai

Chemical Communications · 2014 · 12 citations · 20 references

Concepts

Chemical StimulationsSupramolecular AssemblyEngineeringNatural SciencesMolecular Self-assemblySelf-assemblySmall MoleculesNano-morphological VersatilityMolecular BiologyPeptide EngineeringPeptide SynthesisPeptide LibraryMolecular EngineeringPeptide Mimetic MoleculeDiverse NanostructuresBiophysicsBiomolecular EngineeringChemical Stimuli

Abstract

A small peptide mimetic molecule can form diverse nanostructures such as nano-vesicles, nano-tubes and nano-ribbons/fibrils by self-assembly, in response to various physical and chemical stimulations.

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Altmetric Attention Score, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry +18

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Supramolecular Assembly, Peptide Engineering, Molecular Self-assembly +16

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Engineering, Biomimetic Materials, Hydrophobic Tails +16