A Lyotropic Liquid Crystal from a Flexible Oligopeptide Amphiphile in Dimethyl Sulfoxide
| Autor: | Yan Jiang, Wen-Qiang Ding, Han Liu, Si-Yong Qin, Xinxiang Lei, Aiqing Zhang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Oligopeptide integumentary system Dimethyl sulfoxide Biochemistry (medical) Biomedical Engineering hemic and immune systems chemical and pharmacologic phenomena Peptide General Chemistry Biomaterials chemistry.chemical_compound Crystallography chemistry Liquid crystal Lyotropic liquid crystal Amphiphile |
| Zdroj: | ACS applied bio materials. 3(12) |
| ISSN: | 2576-6422 |
| Popis: | Despite the rapid progress in peptide liquid crystals (LCs) due to their prominent properties, our investigation on flexible peptide-based LCs is incomplete, mainly resulted from their unclear formation mechanisms and unexploited applications in organic solvents. Here, we develop a lyotropic LC based on a flexible oligopeptide amphiphile, which aggregates into aligned cylinder-like nanostructures in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The formation mechanism of lyotropic LC in DMSO was probed by the experimental investigation and molecular dynamics simulation, indicating that the hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions contribute to the formation of ordered nanostructures in the organic solvent. Arising from the orientational order and suitable fluidity, we exploit the application of lyotropic LC as an aligned medium to measure the residual dipolar couplings of bioactive molecules. This study not only offers the understanding of the mechanism to create LC systems without rigid aromatic groups but also expands the applications of ordered bottom-up nanomaterials in organic solvents. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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