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Cover Picture: Cryo Electron Tomography Reveals Confined Complex Morphologies of Tripeptide‐Containing Amphiphilic Double‐Comb Diblock Copolymers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46/2008)
Author(s) -
Parry Alison L.,
Bomans Paul H. H.,
Holder Simon J.,
Sommerdijk Nico A. J. M.,
Biagini Stefano C. G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200890233
Subject(s) - cryo electron tomography , copolymer , micelle , amphiphile , materials science , electron tomography , monomer , ethylene oxide , polymer chemistry , tripeptide , crystallography , self assembly , polymer , nanotechnology , aqueous solution , chemistry , tomography , peptide , optics , physics , organic chemistry , transmission electron microscopy , biochemistry , scanning transmission electron microscopy , composite material
The anatomy of a copolymer is presented by N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk et al. in their Communication on page 8859 ff. The amphiphilic double‐comb diblock polymer with oligo(ethylene oxide) and peptide chains aggregates to form complex shapes in aqueous solution. From cryo electron tomograms, 3D volumes were reconstructed (shown as a set of slices). Further visualization highlights branches and loops in a folded wormlike micelle (purple) and the channel structure inside a bicontinuous morphology (yellow).