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Macromol. Mater. Eng. 5/2013
Author(s) -
Haynie Donald T.,
Khadka Dhan B.,
Cross Michael C.,
Gitnik Alina,
Le Nicole K.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.201370016
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer science , copolymer , polymer , transformative learning , glutamic acid , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , amino acid , chemistry , biochemistry , psychology , pedagogy , engineering
Frontispiece: The development of polypeptide‐based materials is potentially transformative for the life sciences, medicine, and other areas. Here, a random copolymer of glutamic acid and tyrosine is adopted as a model polymer for study of the mechanisms of stability of electrospun fibers. Experiments show that fiber stability is crucially dependent on the extent of side chain ionization, even after polymer crosslinking. Further details can be found in the article by D. T. Haynie,* D. B. Khadka, M. C. Cross, A. Gitnik, and N. K. Le on page 529 .