title: Thermoregulated Optical Properties of Peptidic Pseudorotaxanes.
abstract: Natural peptide spine and artificial crown ether are blended together to form a hybrid structure. A dicationic benzylammonium guest threads through the crown ether pendants and the resulting noncovalent, self-assembled pseudorotaxane complex, shown schematically in the picture, is both stable and has optical properties dependant on temperature.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche sur la fonction, la structure et l'ingénierie des protéines Département de chimie Faculté des sciences et de génie Pavillon A.-Vachon, Université Laval Québec, QC, G1K 7P4 (Canada).
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meillon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Voyer
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Biron
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanschagrin
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart