Liquid crystal organization of self-assembling cyclic peptides

Manuel Amorín; Ana Pérez; Joaquín Barberá; Haxel Lionel Ozores; José Luis Serrano; Juan R Granja; Teresa Sierra

doi:10.1039/c3cc47400c

Liquid crystal organization of self-assembling cyclic peptides

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Jan 21;50(6):688-90. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47400c. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

Authors

Manuel Amorín¹, Ana Pérez, Joaquín Barberá, Haxel Lionel Ozores, José Luis Serrano, Juan R Granja, Teresa Sierra

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Química Orgánica, Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CIQUS), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Campus Vida, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. juanr.granja@usc.es.

PMID: 24281818
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47400c

Abstract

Self-assembling cyclic peptides decorated with mesogens form porous columnar mesophases in which, depending on the number of hydrocarbon chains, double or single channels are formed along each column.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dimerization
Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry*
Porosity
X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

Peptides, Cyclic