Tuning the mechanistic pathways of peptide self-assembly by aromatic interactions.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Correnstraße 36, 48149 Münster, Germany.

Published: February 2021

Herein, we have unravelled the key influence of aromatic interactions on the mechanistic pathways of peptide self-assembly by introducing suitable chromophores (pyrene vs. naphthalene). Although both self-assembled peptides are indistinguishable in their morphologies, this minor structural difference strongly affects the packing modes (parallel vs. antiparallel) and the corresponding self-assembly mechanism (cooperative vs. isodemsic).

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