Ordering recombinant silk-elastin-like nanofibers on the microscale
Self-assembled peptide/polypeptide nanofibers are appealing building blocks for creating complex three-dimensional structures. However, ordering assembled peptide/polypeptide nanofibers into three-dimensional structures on the microscale remains challenging and often requires the employment of top-d...
| Publié dans: | Applied physics letters. - 1998. - 104(2014), 3 vom: 20. Jan., Seite 033702 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Langue: | English |
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2014
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| Accès à la collection: | Applied physics letters |
| Sujets: | Journal Article |
| Résumé: | Self-assembled peptide/polypeptide nanofibers are appealing building blocks for creating complex three-dimensional structures. However, ordering assembled peptide/polypeptide nanofibers into three-dimensional structures on the microscale remains challenging and often requires the employment of top-down approaches. We report that silk-elastin-like protein polymers self-assemble into nanofibers in physiologically relevant conditions, the assembled nanofibers further form fiber clusters on the microscale, and the nanofiber clusters eventually coalesce into three-dimensional structures with distinct nanoscale and microscale features. It is believed that the interplay between fiber growth and molecular diffusion leads to the ordering of the assembled silk-elastin-like nanofibers at the microscale |
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| Description: | Date Revised 21.10.2021 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0003-6951 |