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Formation of Ordered Biomolecular Structures by the Self-assembly of Short Peptides
Published on: November 21, 2013
Self-assembly of diphenylalanine peptides into microtubes with "turn on" fluorescence using an aggregation-induced
Na Na1, Xiaoyan Mu, Qiuling Liu
1College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. jinoyang@bnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The self-assembly of diphenylalanine peptides (l-Phe-l-Phe) into microtubes with "turn on" bright yellow green fluorescence was described, which was achieved using an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) molecule of 9,10-bis[4-(3-sulfonatopropoxyl)-styryl] anthracene (BSPSA) sodium.

