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Bionanostructures: Bioinspired Flexible and Tough Layered Peptide Crystals (Adv. Mater. 5/2018)
Author(s) -
AdlerAbramovich Lihi,
Ar Zohar A.,
Sui XiaoMeng,
Azuri Ido,
Cohen Hadar,
Hod Oded,
Kronik Leeor,
Shimon Linda J. W.,
Wagner H. Daniel,
Gazit Ehud
Publication year - 2018
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.201870035
Subject(s) - materials science , scanning electron microscope , flexibility (engineering) , toughness , diffraction , crystal (programming language) , nanotechnology , crystallography , composite material , resolution (logic) , optics , chemistry , computer science , physics , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , programming language
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies of laminated self‐assembled N‐capped diphenylalanine crystals are presented by Lihi Adler‐Abramovich, Ehud Gazit, and co‐workers in article number 1704551 . These crystals exhibit well‐ordered crystal packing and diffraction of sub‐Ångstrom resolution, yet display an exceptionally flexible nature. The combination of strength, toughness, and flexibility can be explained in terms of weak interactions between the rigid crystal layers, which are presented in the SEM image shown.