Internal dynamics of a supramolecular nanofibre

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 812-816

  Ortony, Julia H ^a   Newcomb, Christina J ^a,b   Matson, John B ^a,d   Palmer, Liam C ^a   Doan, Peter E ^a   Hoffman, Brian M ^a   Stupp, Samuel I ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFIBERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR FLUCTUATION; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; SUPRA-MOLECULAR NANO STRUCTURES; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

NANOFIBER; PEPTIDE; SPIN LABELING;

CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPIN LABELING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOFIBERS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84904721080     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3979     Document Type: Article

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