Title: Intramolecular structure and dynamics in computationally designed peptide-based polymers displaying tunable chain stiffness

Journal Article · · Physical Review Materials
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  1. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); University of Delaware
  2. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
  3. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  5. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Danish Technological Institute, TÃ¥strup (Denmark)

Here, polymers assembled using computationally designed coiled coil bundlemers display tunable stiffness via control of interbundlemer covalent connectivity as confirmed using small-angle neutron scattering. Neutron spin echo spectroscopy reveals that rigid rod polymers show a decay rate Γ~Q2 (Q is the scattering vector) expected of straight cylinders. Semirigid polymers assembled using bundlemers linked via 4-armed organic linker show flexible segmental dynamics at mid-Q and Γ~Q2 behavior at high Q. The results give insight into linker flexibility-dependent interbundlemer dynamics in the hybrid polymers.

Research Organization:
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0019282; SC0019355
OSTI ID:
1819311
Journal Information:
Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 5; ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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