Peptoid Microflower

Year: 
2022
Ranking: 
Entrant
Artist: 
Kai-chieh Yang, PhD
Department: 
Chemical Engineering

Description

Chirality plays a crucial role in life science, providing molecule’s interactions to give unique self-assembled superstructures. Here, polypeptoid was designed and synthesized to understand the effect of chirality effect on self-assembly in bioinspired peptidomimics devoid of hydrogen bonding.

Microflower self-assembled by polypeptoid, incorporating chiral centers on the backbone was found under TEM.

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