Microscopic characterization of peptide nanostructures

Micron

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 69-84

  Mammadov, Rashad ^a   Tekinay, Ayse B ^a   Dana, Aykutlu ^a   Guler, Mustafa O ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Imaging; Nanofiber; Nanomaterials characterization; Peptide

Indexed keywords

AFM; BIOMIMICRY; CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; NANO SCALE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES; SPECIMEN PREPARATION METHOD; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

PEPTIDES;

NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84855216252     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2011.07.006     Document Type: Review

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