Concentration-Driven Assembly and Sol-Gel Transition of π-Conjugated Oligopeptides.

ABSTRACT: Advances in supramolecular assembly have enabled the design and synthesis of functional materials with well-defined structures across multiple length scales. Biopolymer-synthetic hybrid materials can assemble into supramolecular structures with a broad range of structural and functional diversity through precisely controlled noncovalent interactions between subunits. Despite recent progress, there is a need to understand the mechanisms underlying the assembly of biohybrid/synthetic molecular building blocks, which ultimately control the emergent properties of hierarchical assemblies. In this work, we study the concentration-driven self-assembly and gelation of π-conjugated synthetic oligopeptides containing different π-conjugated cores (quaterthiophene and perylene diimide) using a combina

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5620977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature