Bioinspired Design of Nanocages by Self‐Assembling Triskelion Peptide Elements

Abstract

Winning the three-legged race: Rapid self-organization of a tripodal aromatic dipeptide conjugate on a tris(2-aminoethyl)amine scaffold leads to a vesicular morphology (upper image). The structures can trap a fluorescent dye (lower image) and release it upon acidification, suggesting the use of such stimuli-responsive materials as potential delivery vehicles. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z604383_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.