In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, vol. 112, no. 32, p. 12104–12110
Iron oxides are important minerals in biology and materials science. Using biomimetic synthesis, a variety of iron oxides have been fabricated. However, it is still not clear how growth modifiers like amino acids and peptides select different crystal phases of a complex material like iron oxide. The current paper shows that already with single amino acids, (incomplete) crystal phase selection is...
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In: Soft Matter, 2008, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 606-617
L-Valine-based oligopeptides with the chemical structure Z–(L-Val)₃–OMe and Z–(L-Val)₂–L-Cys(S-Bzl)–OMe form stable organogels in butanol. Both peptides are efficient gelators, but Z–(L-Val)₂–L-Cys(S-Bzl)–OMe crystallizes more readily than Z–(L-Val)₃–OMe. The two peptides can form mixed fibers, which also gel butanol. The resulting organogels are very similar to...
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