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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 652, Issue -, Pages 1897-1907Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.022
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Self -assembly; Peptide; Carrageenan; SAXS; Hydrogel; Rheology
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This study reports on the formation and characterization of self-assembled membranes made with & lambda;-carrageenan and cationic & beta;-sheet peptides. The results show that the polysaccharide conformation, solution viscosity, and interactions between polysaccharides and peptides affect the properties of the membranes. The interplay between polymer-peptide interactions and polysaccharide chain stiffness could be used to control the structure-function relationship of the membranes.
Self-assembly of macroscopic membranes at the interface between self-assembling peptides and aqueous polymer solutions of opposite charge has been explored mostly due to the membranes' unique hierarchical structure of three distinct regions, including a layer of perpendicular fibers. We report here on the formation and characterization of self-assembled membranes made with & lambda;-carrageenan and the cationic & beta;-sheet peptides, Pro-Lys-(Phe-Lys)5-Pro (PFK). Using SAXS, SEM, ITC, and rheology, we compared these membranes' morphology and physical properties to membranes made with alginate. We recognized that the polysaccharide's single chain conformation, its solution's viscosity, the potential of hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions between the polysaccharides and the peptides charged groups, and the strength of these interactions all affect the properties of the resulting membranes. As a result, we identified that an interplay between the polymer-peptide strength of interactions and the stiffness of the polysaccharide's single chain could be used as a route to control the structure-function relationship of the membranes. These results provide valuable information for creating guidelines to design self-assembly membranes with specific properties.
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