Alignment of nanostructured tripeptide gels by directional ultrasonication

Pappas, Charalampos G. and Frederix, Pim W. J. M. and Mutasa, Tapiwa and Fleming, Scott and Abul-Haija, Yousef M. and Kelly, Sharon M. and Gachagan, Anthony and Kalafatovic, Daniela and Trevino, Jacob and Ulijn, Rein V. and Bai, Shuo (2015) Alignment of nanostructured tripeptide gels by directional ultrasonication. Chemical Communications, 51 (40). pp. 8465-8468. ISSN 1359-7345

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate an in-situ ultrasonic approach to influence self-assembly across the supramolecular to micron length scales, showing enhancement of supramolecular interactions, chirality and orientation, which depends on the peptide sequence and solvent environment. This is the first successful demonstration of using oscillating pressure waves to generate anisotropic organo- and hydro- gels consisting of oriented tripeptides structures.

    Author(s):Pappas, Charalampos G., Frederix, Pim W. J. M., Mutasa, Tapiwa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5017-6504, Fleming, Scott, Abul-Haija, Yousef M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0357-0653, Kelly, Sharon M., Gachagan, Anthony ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-4120, Kalafatovic, Daniela, Trevino, Jacob, Ulijn, Rein V. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7974-3779 and Bai, Shuo
    Item type:Article
    ID code:53713
    Keywords:micron length scales, tripeptide gels, hydro gels, Chemistry, Chemistry(all)
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Bionanotechnology
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Jul 2015 08:28
    Last modified:06 Sep 2019 03:17
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53713
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