Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Designable and dynamic single-walled stiff nanotubes assembled from sequence-defined peptoids

  • Haibao Jin,
  • Yan-Huai Ding,
  • Mingming Wang,
  • Yang Song,
  • Zhihao Liao,
  • Christina J. Newcomb,
  • Xuepeng Wu,
  • Xian-Qiong Tang,
  • Zheng Li,
  • Yuehe Lin,
  • Feng Yan,
  • Tengyue Jian,
  • Peng Mu,
  • Chun-Long Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02059-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The application potential of organic nanotubes is currently limited by their lack of designable or dynamic properties. Here, Chen et al. use sequence-defined peptoids to assemble a new family of pH-responsive stiff nanotubes whose dimensions, components and functions can be easily tailored.