Fibrils or globules? Tuning the morphology of peptide aggregates from helical building blocks

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5448-5459

  Caruso, M ^a   Placidi, E ^a,b   Gatto, E ^a   Mazzuca, C ^a   Stella, L ^a   Bocchinfuso, G ^a   Palleschi, A ^a   Formaggio, F ^c   Toniolo, C ^c   Venanzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMOPHORES; MICA; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPEPTIDES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATION PROCESS; AGGREGATION PROPENSITY; AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID; FIBRILLAR STRUCTURES; MESOSCOPIC AGGREGATES; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; SPECTROSCOPIC PROBES; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

PEPTIDES;

EID: 84877720955     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400009j     Document Type: Article

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