title: Liquid Crystal Interfaces Programmed with Enzyme-Responsive Polymers and Surfactants.
abstract: Synthesis of biologically active peptide-polymer amphiphiles (PPAs), and characterization of assemblies formed by PPAs at the interfaces of liquid crystal (LC) microdroplets, is shown to permit the use of PPAs in strategies that can trigger ordering transitions in LC microdroplets in response to targeted biomolecular events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA.
authors.forename: C Derek
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adamiak
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Gianneschi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D004798:Enzymes; D011108:Polymers; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
keywords: amplifiers; biomolecules; liquid crystals; microdroplets; peptide-polymer amphiphiles