Design of a doubly-hydrophilic block copolypeptide that directs the formation of calcium carbonate microspheres.
The crystallization of calcium carbonate into microspheres has been accomplished using the rationally-designed, doubly-hydrophilic block copolypeptide poly(Nepsilon-2[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]acetyl-L-lysine)(100)-b-poly(L-aspartate sodium salt)30 as a structure-directing agent.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9510, USA.
Larken E
LE
Euliss
Tina M
TM
Trnka
Timothy J
TJ
Deming
Galen D
GD
Stucky
D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008863:Microspheres; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology
D010455:Peptides; D002119:Calcium Carbonate