Reconfigurable self-assembly through chiral control of interfacial tension

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7381, 2012, Pages 348-351

  Gibaud, Thomas ^a   Barry, Edward ^a   Zakhary, Mark J ^a   Henglin, Mir ^a   Ward, Andrew ^a   Yang, Yasheng ^a   Berciu, Cristina ^a   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^b   Hagan, Michael F ^a   Nicastro, Daniela ^a   Meyer, Robert B ^a   Dogic, Zvonimir ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; COAT PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; LINEARITY; LIPID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLYMORPHISM; SURFACTANT; TENSION; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COLLOID; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; BIOMECHANICS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OILS; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

ASTEROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856017005     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10769     Document Type: Article

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