Controlling supramolecular chiral nanostructures by self-assembly of a biomimetic β-sheet-rich amyloidogenic peptide

• Main Authors: Sanchez-Ferrer, Antoni, Adamcik, Jozef, Handschin, Stephan, Hiew, Shu Hui, Miserez, Ali, Mezzenga, Raffaele
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Science::Biological sciences; Self-assembly; Peptide
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143593
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Squid sucker ring teeth (SRT) have emerged as a promising protein-only, thermoplastic biopolymer with an increasing number of biomedical and engineering applications demonstrated in recent years. SRT is a supra-molecular network whereby a flexible, amorphous matrix is mechanically reinforced by nano...