Abstract
Two oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)-peptide hybrid amphiphiles have been synthesized using solid-and liquid-phase strategies. The amphiliphiles are composed of a Ï€-conjugated oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) trimer (OPV) which is coupled at either a glycinyl-alanyl-glycinyl-alanyl-glycine (GAGAG) silk-inspired +Ý-sheet or a glycinyl-alanyl-asparagyl-prolyl-asparagy- alanyl-alanyl-glycine (GANPNAAG) +Ý-turn forming oligopeptide sequence. The solid-phase strategy enables one to use longer peptides if strong acidic conditions are avoided, whereas the solution-phase coupling gives better yields. The study of the two-dimensional (2D) self-assembly of OPV-GAGAG by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at the submolecular level demonstrated the formation of bilayers in which the molecules are lying antiparallel in a +Ý-sheet conformation. In the case of OPV-GANPNAAG self-assembled monolayers could not be observed. Absorption, fluorescence, and circular dichroism studies showed that OPV-GAGAG and OPV-GANPNAAG are aggregated in a variety of organic solvents. In water cryogenic temperature transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), light scattering, and optical studies reveal that self-assembled nanofibers are formed in which the helical organization of the OPV segments is dictated by the peptide sequence. -© 2008 American Chemical Society
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14576-14583 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 130 |
Issue number | 44 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |