title: Amphiphilic dendritic peptides: Synthesis and behavior as an organogelator and liquid crystal.
abstract: New amphiphilic dendritic peptides on dendritic polyaspartic acid were designed and synthesized. The organogel and liquid crystal properties of these amphiphilic dendritic peptides were fully studied by field-emission SEM, temperature dependent FT-IR, differential scanning calorimetry, polarization optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction experiments. Amphiphilic dendritic peptides G3 show good organogel properties with a minimum gelation concentration as low as 1 wt %. Furthermore, amphiphilic dendritic peptides G3 can form a hexagonal columnar liquid crystal assembly over a wide temperature range.
authors: Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Environment Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P.R. China.
authors: Baoxiang
authors: B
authors: Gao
authors: Hongxia
authors: H
authors: Li
authors: Defang
authors: D
authors: Xia
authors: Sufang
authors: S
authors: Sun
authors: Xinwu
authors: X
authors: Ba