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Intramolecular Structure and Dynamics in Computationally Designed Peptide-Based Polymers Displaying Tunable Chain Stiffness

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Author(s)

Nairiti Sinha, Yi Shi, Christopher J. Kloxin, Jeffery G. Saven, Antonio Faraone, Grethe V. Jensen, Darrin J. Pochan

Abstract

Polymers constructed via hybrid physical-covalent assembly of computationally designed peptide coiled coils, or bundlemers, display tunable chain stiffness via control of inter-bundlemer connectivity. Neutron spin echo spectroscopy reveals that rigid rod polymers of bundlemers possess a dynamic decay rate Γ Q2 behavior over the entire accessible probed range of wave vector, Q, whereas the semi-rigid chains with small flexible linkers exhibit distinct bending modes (Γ Q8/3) at intermediate-Q. Identical Γ Q2 behavior at high Q is indicative of similar, local bundlemer dynamics in both polymer systems.
Citation
Physical Review Materials
Volume
5
Issue
9

Keywords

Neutron Spin Echo, Bundlemers, polymers

Citation

Sinha, N. , Shi, Y. , Kloxin, C. , Saven, J. , Faraone, A. , Jensen, G. and Pochan, D. (2021), Intramolecular Structure and Dynamics in Computationally Designed Peptide-Based Polymers Displaying Tunable Chain Stiffness, Physical Review Materials (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created September 6, 2021, Updated September 20, 2022
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