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Sequence-dependent mechanical, photophysical and electrical properties of pi-conjugated peptide hydrogelators

Ardona, Herdeline Ann M.
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Besar, Kalpana
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Togninalli, Matteo
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2015
Journal Of Materials Chemistry C

The ability to modulate intermolecular interactions in such a way as to impact nano-, micro- and even macroscale properties is an attractive aspect of self-assembling systems. We present an investigation of sequence-dependent rheological, photophysical and electrical properties of semiconducting peptide hydrogelators. Five different pi-conjugated peptides containing a quaterthiophene core were studied, wherein the relative size and hydrophobicity of the amino acid residues adjacent to the pi-electron core were varied in order to assess the impact of molecular variation on nanoscale and bulk material properties. Steady-state spectroscopic measurements of the peptides once assembled into 1D-nanostructures show distinct spectral characters as the relative size of the amino acid side chain adjacent to the pi-electron core increases. Those peptides that formed hydrogels differed in network topography and rheological properties, with storage modulus (G') values ranging from similar to 3 to 20 kPa. The electrical properties of the peptide nanostructures were characterized by measuring the sheet resistance of dried peptide films on glass substrates. This study provides insights on the effects of amino acid sequence on the nanoscale to the macroscale electrical transport and mechanical properties of nanostructure-forming pi-conjugated peptides.

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research article
DOI
10.1039/c5tc00100e
Web of Science ID

WOS:000356529100011

Author(s)
Ardona, Herdeline Ann M.
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Besar, Kalpana
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Togninalli, Matteo
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Katz, Howard E.
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Tovar, John D.
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Royal Soc Chemistry

Published in
Journal Of Materials Chemistry C
Volume

3

Issue

25

Start page

6505

End page

6514

Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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September 28, 2015
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/119150
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