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Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases from helical β-peptides as alignment media
Christina M Thiele1, William C Pomerantz, Nicholas L Abbott
1Clemens Schöpf Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 22, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. cthiele@thielelab.de
Abstract:
Lyotropic liquid crystalline (LLC) phases from helical β-peptides are proposed as novel water-based alignment media. In contrast to α-peptides, β-peptides form LLCs at very short chain lengths and at concentrations as low as 1 percent. Spectra obtained in these LLC phases are artefact-free and lead to RDCs of the desired size. First indications towards enantiodiscrimination are provided.
