Fibrillar superstructure from extended nanotapes formed by a collagen-stimulating peptide

Castelletto, V., Hamley, I. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-0926, Perez, J., Abezgauz, L. and Danino, D. (2010) Fibrillar superstructure from extended nanotapes formed by a collagen-stimulating peptide. Chemical Communications, 46 (48). pp. 9185-9187. ISSN 1359-7345 doi: 10.1039/c0cc03793a

Abstract/Summary

The nanostructure of a peptide amphiphile in commercial use in anti-wrinkle creams is investigated. The peptide contains a matrikine, collagen-stimulating, pentapeptide sequence. Selfassembly into giant nanotapes is observed and the internal structure was found to comprise bilayers parallel to the flat tape surfaces.