(DURIP-22) A CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROMETER FOR ANALYSIS OF SELF-ASSEMBLING BIOINSPIRED NANOMATERIALS
Abstract
Nature’s biomolecules are powerful, versatile building blocks for a new paradigm of functional supramolecular materials which are engineered to molecular precision. To date, no synthetic molecules simultaneously possess the precise programmability, self-assembly, and molecular recognition properties of sequence-encoded biomolecules of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and amino acids (peptides and proteins). For this reason, active research efforts are focused on harnessing these biomoleculesfor controlled supramolecular assembly of novel materials which cannot be realized by conventional means and whose functionalities are tuned by the mutable properties of their biomolecular building blocks. Advances in this area have led to emerging technologies including structural DNA nanotechnology1 and de novo peptide and protein cages
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 07, 2023
- Source ID
- FA95502210206
Entities
People
- Stacy Copp
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of California, Irvine