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Alignment of Rigid-Rod Polypeptide Chains by Solvent Quenching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Yuli Wang  and
Ying Chih Chang
Yuli Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697-2575, U.S.A.
Ying Chih Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697-2575, U.S.A.
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Abstract

We introduce a simple “solvent quenching” approach to align the rigid-rod à-helical poly(α-benzyl-L-glutamate) (PBLG) chains in the surface-grafted monolayer. By sequentially treating with a good solvent and a poor solvent, a unidirectionally aligned PBLG monolayer with an average tilt angle as small as 3° is obtained.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 771: Symposium L – Organic and Polymeric Materials and Devices , 2003 , L10.23
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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