Abstract
Imparting aromatic-aromatic interactions to the potassium binding epitope affords a supramolecular hydrogelator that responds to the K(+) concentration by self-assembly into nanofibers of different widths and crosslinking patterns, which illustrates a simple approach to generate biomimic materials based on tunable, hierarchical self-assembly of small molecules.
This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Epitopes / chemistry*
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Fluorenes / chemistry
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Hydrogels / chemistry*
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Nanofibers / chemistry
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Oligopeptides / chemistry
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Potassium / metabolism
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Potassium Channels / chemistry*
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Potassium Channels / metabolism
Substances
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Epitopes
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Fluorenes
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Hydrogels
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Oligopeptides
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Potassium Channels
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Potassium