Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Highly stable and self-repairing membrane-mimetic 2D nanomaterials assembled from lipid-like peptoids

  • Haibao Jin,
  • Fang Jiao,
  • Michael D. Daily,
  • Yulin Chen,
  • Feng Yan,
  • Yan-Huai Ding,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Ellen J. Robertson,
  • Marcel D. Baer,
  • Chun-Long Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12252
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Biomimetic membranes can be used for various applications such as sensors and separations. Here, Chen et al. report the assembly of lipid-like peptoids into stable and self-repairing 2D membrane nanomaterials that change in thickness when under external stimuli.