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Conducting Polymers Confined Within Bioactive Peptide Amphiphile Nanostructures†

  1. John D. Tovar Dr.1,2,
  2. Bryan M. Rabatic Dr.1,3,
  3. Samuel I. Stupp Prof.1

Article first published online: 20 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/smll.200600645

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Volume 3, Issue 12, pages 2024–2028, December 3, 2007

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Tovar, John D., Rabatic, Bryan M. and Stupp, Samuel I. (2007), Conducting Polymers Confined Within Bioactive Peptide Amphiphile Nanostructures. Small, 3: 2024–2028. doi: 10.1002/smll.200600645

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM), Department of Chemistry, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA, Fax: (+1) 847-491-3010

  2. 2

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

  3. 3

    Present address: BP America Inc. Naperville, IL 60563, USA

  1. †

    This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (award no. DE-FG02-00ER45810). J.D.T. thanks Baxter Healthcare and the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM) at Northwestern University for postdoctoral support as a recipient of the Early Career Development Award. We thank Mark Seniw for assistance with space-filling graphics. We gratefully acknowledge the use of instruments in the Keck Biophysics Facility, the Electron Probe Instrumentation Center, and the Analytical Services Laboratory at Northwestern University, and the Electron Microscopy Collaborative Research Center (EMC) at Argonne National Laboratory.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 DEC 2007
  2. Article first published online: 20 NOV 2007
  3. Manuscript Received: 14 DEC 2006

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Keywords:

  • conducting polymers;
  • biomaterials;
  • nanostructures;
  • organic electronics;
  • self-assembly
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Conducting polymers within bioactive peptide amphiphile (PA) nanostructures are synthesized (see image). The approach relies on the ability of hydrophobic volumes within self-assembled structures to partition organic molecules from aqueous environments. Electron microscopy and electrochemical measurements indicate confinement of conducting polymers within the self-assembled cylindrical PA nanostructures. PEDOT: poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene).

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