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Alignment of Aromatic Peptide Tubes in Strong Magnetic Fields
Author(s) -
A. Hill R. J.,
Sedman V. L.,
Allen S.,
Williams P.,
Paoli M.,
AdlerAbramovich L.,
Gazit E.,
Eaves L.,
Tendler S. J. B.
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.200700590
Subject(s) - constraint (computer aided design) , orientation (vector space) , materials science , nanoscopic scale , simple (philosophy) , peptide , nanotechnology , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , geometry , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology
Diphenylalanine (FF) peptides self‐assemble into well ordered, discrete, hollow nanotubular structures under relatively simple conditions. AFM is used to investigate alignment of FF tubes in strong magnetic fields. Using the direction of alignment, a constraint on the orientation of the phenylalanine aromatic rings is derived and compared to a molecular model structure. These arrays have potential in future applications as functional nanoscale materials.