title: Metal-peptide frameworks (MPFs): "bioinspired" metal organic frameworks.
abstract: Chiral metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted a growing interest for their potential use in energy technologies, asymmetric catalysis, chiral separation, and on a more basic level, the creation of new topologies in inorganic materials. The current paper is the first report on a peptide-based MOF, a metal peptide framework (MPF), constructed from an oligovaline peptide family developed earlier by our group (Mantion, A.; et al. Macromol. Biosci. 2007, 7, 208). We have used a simple oligopeptide, Z-(L-Val)2-L-Glu(OH)-OH, to grow porous copper and calcium MPFs. The MPFs form thanks to the self-assembling properties of the peptide and specific metal-peptide and metal-ammonia interactions. They are stable up to ca. 250 degrees C and have some internal porosity, which makes them a promising prototype for the further development of MPFs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Klingelbergstrasse 80, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. a.mantion@unibas.ch
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantion
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Massüger
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rabu
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palivan
authors.forename: Lynne B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McCusker
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taubert
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010455:Peptides; D003300:Copper; D002118:Calcium