Peptides as biological semiconductors

Charlotte A. E. Hauser and Shuguang Zhang
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Charlotte A. E. Hauser: Charlotte A. E. Hauser is at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669. chauser@ibn.a-star.edu.sg
Shuguang Zhang: Shuguang Zhang is at the Center for Biomedical Engineering, and the Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. shuguang@mit.edu

Nature, 2010, vol. 468, issue 7323, 516-517

Abstract: A simple peptide that assembles into desirable nanoscale structures is a striking example of how the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. What's more, the assembly process is controllably reversible.

Date: 2010
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