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Liquid Crystalline Peptide Nanowires
Author(s) -
Han T. H.,
Kim J.,
Park J. S.,
Park C. B.,
Ihee H.,
Kim S. O.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.2007001839
Subject(s) - nanowire , materials science , liquid crystal , dipeptide , dispersion (optics) , colloid , phase (matter) , nanotechnology , liquid crystalline , peptide , solvent , liquid phase , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , optics , engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics
The synthesis and liquid crystalline behavior of peptide nanowire is presented. An aromatic dipeptide rapidly assembles into robust one‐dimensional nanowires having a large aspect ratio in a volatile organic solvent. The stable dispersion of rigid nanowires shows a colloidal nematic liquid crystalline phase over a broad concentration, which is particularly advantageous for fabricating well‐aligned nanowire morphologies under an external field.