Humidity-responsive self-assembly of short peptides with super-flexibility.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Zhu, Zhongjie; Yang, Jinrong; Zhao, Hongwei; Wu, Yu; Bai, Tanglong; Zhang, Hongti; Song, Yongshun; Ji, Te; Hu, Jun; Gao, Yi
- Source
- CrystEngComm. 3/28/2024, Vol. 26 Issue 12, p1667-1670. 4p.
- Subject
- *PEPTIDES
*POLYPROLINE
*HYDROGEN bonding
*CRYSTALS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1466-8033
Self-assembly of short peptides stands as a pivotal avenue in the development of functional materials. Herein we report a flexible transformation during humidity-induced actuation of triglycine crystals with a sheet conformation, which originates from the strengthening of water hydrogen bonding to form hydrated triglycine crystals exhibiting a polyproline II conformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]