Using contrast variation small-angle neutron diffraction to characterize hybrid hydrogels of peptide amphiphiles and clay nanoparticles

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We developed self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels containing two-dimensional clay nanoparticles. The clay nanoparticles are ultrathin nanomaterials having a high degree of anisotropy and functionality that results in enhanced surface interactions with biological molecules. However, due to the heterogeneous nature of these hybrid hydrogels and the contrast variation of both the peptide nanofibers and the clay nanodiscs, a technique such as SANS that will enable an accurate elucidation of the spatio-temporal orientation of the individual components constituting the bulk hydrogels is highly desirable. Therefore, we hope to measure the neutron scattering of a library of peptides and their hybrid hydrogels with clay nanoparticles.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.90604998
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/90604998
Provenance
Creator Dr Babatunde Okesola; Dr Adam Washington; Dr Laura Mears; Professor Alvaro Mata; Dr Yuanhao Wu
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Biology; Biomaterials; Chemistry; Engineering Sciences; Life Sciences; Materials Science; Materials Science and Engineering; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-02-24T09:17:32Z