Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases from helical β-peptides as alignment media.

@article{Thiele2011LyotropicLC,
  title={Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases from helical $\beta$-peptides as alignment media.},
  author={Christina Marie Thiele and William C. K. Pomerantz and Nicholas L. Abbott and Samuel H. Gellman},
  journal={Chemical communications},
  year={2011},
  volume={47 1},
  pages={
          502-4
        }
}
Lyotropic liquid crystalline (LLC) phases from helical β-peptides are proposed as novel water-based alignment media. In contrast to α-peptides, β-peptides form LLCs at very short chain lengths and at concentrations as low as 1 percent. Spectra obtained in these LLC phases are artefact-free and lead to RDCs of the desired size. First indications towards enantiodiscrimination are provided. 
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