Solvent-tunable dipeptide-based nanostructures with enhanced optical-to-electrical transduction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Oct 29;55(87):13136-13139. doi: 10.1039/c9cc07520h.

Abstract

We explore a facile approach to construct dipeptide-based building blocks containing π-conjugated bridges by using biocross-linkers. Well-defined nanostructures can be assembled and tuned by using different solvents. Compared to pristine units, such dipeptide-based assemblies exhibit structure-dependent and remarkably enhanced optoelectronic properties.

MeSH terms

  • Dipeptides / chemistry*
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Particle Size
  • Solvents / chemistry
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Dipeptides
  • Solvents