title: Enhanced stability in rigid peptide-based porous materials.
abstract: Pepped up: Notwithstanding the intrinsic conformational flexibility of peptides, [Zn(Gly-Thr)(2)] behaves as a robust porous metal-organic framework thanks to the rigidity introduced by the use of Gly-Thr (see scheme). This rigidity arises from the sequence of amino acids in the dipeptide that locks its conformational flexibility in the framework.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martí-Gastaldo
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Kyriakos C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Stylianou
authors.forename: Natasha L O
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Flack
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rosseinsky
mesh_terms: D008958:Models, Molecular; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015032:Zinc