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Quantum Confinement in Self‐Assembled Bioinspired Peptide Hydrogels
Author(s) -
Amdursky Nadav,
Gazit Ehud,
Rosenman Gil
Publication year - 2010
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.200904034
Subject(s) - materials science , self healing hydrogels , self assembly , peptide , nanocrystal , nanotechnology , fibril , quantum dot , self assembling peptide , biophysics , polymer chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , biology
The self‐assembly process of peptide fibrils is followed by spectroscopic measurements, which show that a quantum confinement (QC) nanocrystal structure is formed within the peptide fibrils as they assemble into a hydrogel. The optical and electronic properties of this first bioorganic‐inspired QC structure (see figure) are demonstrated to be related to the QC effect.