title: Super-helices self-assembled from a binary system of amphiphilic polypeptide block copolymers and polypeptide homopolymers.
abstract: We report here a discovery that amphiphilic polypeptide block copolymers and polypeptide homopolymers are able to aggregate together into super-helical structures of rods and rings, in which polypeptide chains form the core and PEG chains form the shell.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
authors.forename: Chunhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jiaping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Song
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shaoliang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011108:Polymers; C003172:poly-gamma-benzyl-L-glutamate; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols