Memory Effect in Thermoresponsive Proline-based Polymers.

ABSTRACT: We report that synthetic polymers consisting of L-proline monomer units exhibit temperature-driven aggregation in water with unprecedented hysteresis. This protein-like behavior is robust and governed by the chirality of the proline units. It paves the way to new processes, driven by either temperature or ionic strength changes, such as a simple "with memory" thermometer.

SUBMITTER: Badreldin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9828171 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature