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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22895-6
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- Tel Aviv University
- ERC under the European Union [BISON-694426]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51973170]
- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) [15/CDA/3491, 12/RC/2275]
This study reports the creation of collagen-mimetic peptides which can be self-assembled into piezoelectric materials and explores the design characteristics necessary for optimized power generation.
Realization of a self-assembled, nontoxic and eco-friendly piezoelectric device with high-performance, sensitivity and reliability is highly desirable to complement conventional inorganic and polymer based materials. Hierarchically organized natural materials such as collagen have long been posited to exhibit electromechanical properties that could potentially be amplified via molecular engineering to produce technologically relevant piezoelectricity. Here, by using a simple, minimalistic, building block of collagen, we fabricate a peptide-based piezoelectric generator utilising a radically different helical arrangement of Phe-Phe-derived peptide, Pro-Phe-Phe and Hyp-Phe-Phe, based only on proteinogenic amino acids. The simple addition of a hydroxyl group increases the expected piezoelectric response by an order of magnitude (d(35)=27pmV(-1)). The value is highest predicted to date in short natural peptides. We demonstrate tripeptide-based power generator that produces stable max current >50nA and potential >1.2V. Our results provide a promising device demonstration of computationally-guided molecular engineering of piezoelectricity in peptide nanotechnology. Piezoelectric materials which are non-toxic and eco-friendly are of interest. Here, the authors report on the creation of collagen-mimetic peptides which can be self-assembled into piezoelectric materials and study the design characteristics required for optimized power generation.
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