Reversible conformation-driven order-order transition of peptide-mimic poly(n-alkyl isocyanate) in thin films via selective solvent-annealing

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Rho, Yecheol ^a   Min, Joonkeun ^b   Yoon, Jinhwan ^c   Ahn, Byungcheol ^a   Jung, Sungmin ^a   Kim, Kyungtae ^a   Shah, Priyank N ^b   Lee, Jae Suk ^b   Ree, Moonhor ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conformation change; Hexagonal close packing structure; Multi bilayer structure; Peptide mimic poly(n alkyl isocyanate); Reversible order order transition; Selective solvent annealing; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATION CHANGE; HEXAGONAL CLOSE-PACKING STRUCTURE; N-ALKYL ISOCYANATES; ORDER-ORDER TRANSITIONS; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS;

PEPTIDES; POLYMER FILMS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS; TOLUENE;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84870997035     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.54     Document Type: Article

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