Liquid Crystal Interfaces Programmed with Enzyme-Responsive Polymers and Surfactants

Small. 2015 Nov 18;11(43):5747-51. doi: 10.1002/smll.201502137. Epub 2015 Sep 29.

Abstract

Synthesis of biologically active peptide-polymer amphiphiles (PPAs), and characterization of assemblies formed by PPAs at the interfaces of liquid crystal (LC) microdroplets, is shown to permit the use of PPAs in strategies that can trigger ordering transitions in LC microdroplets in response to targeted biomolecular events.

Keywords: amplifiers; biomolecules; liquid crystals; microdroplets; peptide-polymer amphiphiles.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible / chemical synthesis*
  • Enzymes / chemistry*
  • Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
  • Materials Testing
  • Microfluidics / methods*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface-Active Agents / chemistry*

Substances

  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Enzymes
  • Polymers
  • Surface-Active Agents