Laser-Induced Alignment of Self-Assembled Films of an Oligopeptide beta Sheet on the Water Surface

TY - JOUR

T1 - Laser-Induced Alignment of Self-Assembled Films of an Oligopeptide beta Sheet on the Water Surface

AU - Birman, A.

AU - Kjær, Kristian

AU - Prior, Y.

AU - Nevo, I

AU - Leiserowitz, L.

PY - 2010/3/22

Y1 - 2010/3/22

N2 - A pulsed IR laser beam was used to align a peptide at the air-water interface. This peptide was designed to form a cyclic ß-strand dimer through Glu-Lys interactions in solution, which, when spread onto water, yielded a self-assembled ß-sheet bilayer (see picture) following solvent evaporation. During this process illumination with linearly polarized laser light induced formation of an aligned crystalline film, whereas circular polarization did not. (Figure Presented).

AB - A pulsed IR laser beam was used to align a peptide at the air-water interface. This peptide was designed to form a cyclic ß-strand dimer through Glu-Lys interactions in solution, which, when spread onto water, yielded a self-assembled ß-sheet bilayer (see picture) following solvent evaporation. During this process illumination with linearly polarized laser light induced formation of an aligned crystalline film, whereas circular polarization did not. (Figure Presented).

U2 - 10.1002/anie.200905927

DO - 10.1002/anie.200905927

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1433-7851

VL - 49

SP - 2354

EP - 2357

JO - Angewandte Chemie International Edition

JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition

IS - 13

ER -