Protein secondary structure, in particular alpha-helical structure, is essential for a variety of functions in nature. These structures are integral to such biophysical processes as cell signalling across a biomolecular membrane to binding to DNA for transcription, a process which is essential to all life on earth. In naturally occurring globular proteins, helices are embedded and intercalated with other parts of the this large molecule which yields structural investigations of these structures in solution exceedingly difficult. For this reason biomimeti helices can be used to to mimic real biophysical systems in order to understand specific interactions between protein-helical structures and their surrounding physiological environment.