A self-assembled nanopatch with peptide-organic multilayers and mechanical properties

Nanoscale. 2015 Feb 14;7(6):2250-4. doi: 10.1039/c4nr03797a.

Abstract

Peptides enable the construction of a diversity of one-dimensional (1D) and zero-dimensional (0D) nanostructures by molecular self-assembly. To date, it is a great challenge to construct two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures from peptides. Here we introduce an organic molecule to tune the amphiphilic-like peptide assembly to form a peptide-organic 2D nanopatch structure. The nanomechanical properties of the nanopatch were explored by quantitative nanomechanical imaging and force control manipulation. The peptide-organic patches are multilayers composed of several domains, which can be peeled off stepwise. The patch formation provides an approach towards constructing 2D nanostructures by peptide-organic assembly and it could be potentially utilized in a wide range of applications such as functional biomaterials.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Normal Distribution
  • Organic Chemicals / chemistry
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Stress, Mechanical

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Organic Chemicals
  • Peptides