title: Interfacial ordering of thermotropic liquid crystals triggered by the secondary structures of oligopeptides.
abstract: We report that assemblies formed by eight oligopeptides at phospholipid-decorated interfaces of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) trigger changes in ordering of the LCs that are dependent on the secondary structures of the oligopeptides (as characterized in situ using infrared-visible sum-frequency spectroscopy).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. abbott@engr.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. zhanc@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. abbott@engr.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mondiot
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. zhanc@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Yaoxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. abbott@engr.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. zhanc@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Zhan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. abbott@engr.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Nicholas L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D014867:Water