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Dong H, Paramonov SE, Hartgerink JD (2008) Self-assembly of alpha-helical coiled coil nanofibers. J Am Chem Soc 130 13691-13695... 

Figurel0.6 Binary self-assembly of cardanyl glycosidesformingvaried nanofibers of varied helicity upon proper mixing of monoene (GLY-1 I) with GLY-2. Reprinted with permission from [72] (2002) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH.

Song J, Cheng Q, Kopta S, Stevens RC. Modulating artificial membrane morphology pH-induced chromatic transition and nanostructural transformation of a bolaamphiphilic conjugated polymer from blue helical ribbons to red nanofibers. J Am Chem Soc... 

Observations The preparation of helical polyaniline nanofibers has been a 6-year... 

Peptides composed of various coded and noncoded amino acid residues self-assemble to form various types of supramolecular architectures, including supramolecular helices and sheets, nanotubes, nanorods, nanovesicles, and nanofibers. The higher-order self-assembly of supramolecular (3-sheets or supramolecular helices composed of short synthetic acyclic peptides leads to the formation of amyloid-like fibrils. Synthetic cyclic peptides were used in supramolecular chemistry as molecular scaffolding for artificial receptors, so as to host various chiral and achiral ions and other small neutral substrates. Cyclic peptides also self-assemble like their acyclic counterparts to form supramolecular structures, including hollow nanotubes. Self-assembling cyclic peptides can be served as artificial ion channels, and some of them exhibit potential antimicrobial activities against drug-resistant bacteria. 

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