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Self‐Supporting Elastic Film without Covalent Linkages as a Hierarchically Integrated β‐Sheet Assembly
Author(s) -
Yamada Norihiro,
Komatsu Tsukasa,
Yoshinaga Hirotsugu,
Yoshizawa Kayo,
Edo Susumu,
Kunitake Masashi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200352185
Subject(s) - amphiphile , self assembly , covalent bond , materials science , macromolecule , stack (abstract data type) , beta sheet , monomer , nanotechnology , polymer science , copolymer , peptide , chemistry , composite material , computer science , polymer , organic chemistry , biochemistry , programming language
Hierarchic self‐assembly: The formation of a self‐supporting elastic film without the use of macromolecular materials is described. The film is prepared by using a peptide‐containing amphiphile that has three or four consecutive leucinate residues. The amphiphile initially forms β‐sheet structures, which stack in a fastenerlike fashion between the side chains of leucine within the different β‐sheets (see picture).