Light-driven topochemical polymerization under organogel conditions of a symmetrical dipeptide-diacetylene system

Autor: Aikebaier Reheman, Claudio Toniolo, Alessandro Moretto, Giulia Marafon, Daniela Mazzier, Dario Mosconi
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Peptide Science. 23:155-161
ISSN: 1075-2617
DOI: 10.1002/psc.2941
Popis: A symmetrical dipeptide-based diacetylene system (DAs) was found to be able to self-assemble in dichloromethane and to form a compact fiber network which resulted in a stable organogel. As a consequence of the organogel formation, we explored the possibility to run a light-induced topochemical polymerization. This is a typical reaction of ordered diacetylene moieties taking advantage from their organized packing mode resulting from fiber formation. Evidence for the generation of peptide-based polydiacetylenes is provided by Raman, UV-Vis, and CD spectroscopies and a set of microscopic techniques. Finally, we succeeded in processing a polymeric composite by use of the electrospinning technique, starting from a mixture of a dipeptide-based diacetylene and polymethyl methacrylate. Copyright © 2016 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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