Controlling the rigidity of polymeric supramolecular nanotubes
The self-assembly of (cyclic peptide)-polymer conjugates has recently been exploited to form functional nanotubes. The resulting brush-like structures are promising drug delivery vectors, form ion channels in lipid bilayers or assemble into well-defined membrane channels. These applications rely on different characteristics of the nanotubes, such as tube length, the size and type of pendant polymer chains, but also the rigidity of the supramolecular structure. Contrary to the first two parameters, the parameters influencing the rigidity are poorly anderstood. Here we propose several experiments to elucidate the influence of the solvent and the influence of the density of polymer arms on the rigidity of the self-assembled structure. And compare these results to covalently bond polymer brushes of varying polymer arms density.
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PERRIER Sebastien; CATROUILLET Sylvain; Pratik Gurnani; Andrew Kerr; RHO Julia and SCHWEINS Ralf. (2016). Controlling the rigidity of polymeric supramolecular nanotubes. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.9-13-668
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