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Chemical Communications

Self-assembled arginine-coated peptide nanosheets in water†

Ian W. Hamley,*a   Ashkan Dehsorkhia  and  Valeria Castellettoa  

* Corresponding authors

a Dept. of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AD, UK
E-mail: I.W.Hamley@reading.ac.uk

Abstract

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.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembled arginine-coated peptide nanosheets in water

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC39057H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Dec 2012
Accepted
22 Jan 2013
First published
23 Jan 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 1850-1852

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Self-assembled arginine-coated peptide nanosheets in water

I. W. Hamley, A. Dehsorkhi and V. Castelletto, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1850 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39057H

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