title: Supramolecularly knitted tethered oligopeptide/single-walled carbon nanotube organogels.
abstract: A facile polymerization of an allyl-functionalized N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) monomer is utilized to construct an A-B-A-type triblock structure containing β-sheet-rich oligomeric peptide segments tethered by a poly(ethylene oxide) chain, which are capable of dispersing and gelating single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) noncovalently in organic solvents, resulting in significant enhancement of the mechanical properties of polypeptide-based organogels.
authors: Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions, Texas A&M University, P.O. BOX 30012, 3255 TAMU, College Station, TX 77842 (USA).
authors: Jiong
authors: J
authors: Zou
authors: Xun
authors: X
authors: He
authors: Jingwei
authors: J
authors: Fan
authors: Jeffery E
authors: JE
authors: Raymond
authors: Karen L
authors: KL
authors: Wooley
mesh_terms: D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D058105:Polymerization; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols
keywords: nanotubes; oligopeptides; organogels; ring-opening polymerization; supramolecular assembly