title: Self-Assembly of the Cephalopod Protein Reflectin.
abstract: Films from the cephalopod protein reflectin demonstrate multifaceted functionality as infrared camouflage coatings, proton transport media, and substrates for growth of neural stem cells. A detailed study of the in vitro formation, structural characteristics, and stimulus response of such films is presented. The reported observations hold implications for the design and development of advanced cephalopod-inspired functional materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Kyle L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Naughton
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Erica M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Rylan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kautz
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Electron and X-Ray Instrumentation, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Qiyin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Yegor
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Van Dyke
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, 8010, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marmiroli
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, 8010, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arvai
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pique
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Mahan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naeim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Justin P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Mercedeez J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Aquino
authors.affiliation: San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.|The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Getzoff
authors.affiliation: Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Chenhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14, km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernstorff
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. alon.gorodetsky@uci.edu.|Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. alon.gorodetsky@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Alon A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gorodetsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049830:Cephalopoda; D058953:Neural Stem Cells; D011506:Proteins; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D011522:Protons
keywords: X-ray scattering; cephalopods; functional coatings; proteins; self-assembly