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in situ monitoring of N-carboxy anhydride benzyl glutamate polymerization. Langmuir
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28. Zimm BH, Bragg JK (1959) Theory of the phase transition between helix and random coil in
polypeptide chains. J Chem Phys 31:526–535
29. Teramoto A, Fujita H (1975) Conformation-dependent properties of synthetic polypeptides in
the helix-coil transition region. Adv Polym Sci 18:65–149
30. Parras P, Castelletto V, Hamley IW, Klok H-A (2005) Nanostructure formation in poly
(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) triblock copolymers
in the solid state. Soft Matter 1:284–291
31. Hadjichristidis N, Iatrou H, Pitsikalis M, Pispas S, Avgeropoulos A (2005) Linear and
non-linear triblock terpolymers: synthesis, self-assembly in selective solvents and in bulk.
Prog Polym Sci 30:725–782
32. Klok H-A, Lecommandoux S (2006) Solid-state structure, organization and properties of
peptide-synthetic hybrid block copolymers. Adv Polym Sci 202:75–111
33. Sanchez-Ferrer A, Mezzenga R (2010) Secondary structure-induced micro- and macrophase
separation in rod-coil polypeptide diblock, triblock, and star-block copolymers.
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in biomedicine and biotechnology. Mater Sci Eng R Rep 62:125–155
12. Lim Y-b, Lee E, Lee M (2007) Cell-penetrating-peptide-coated nanoribbons for intracellular
nanocarriers. Angew Chem Int Ed 46:3475–3478
13. Kopecek J, Yang J (2012) Smart self-assembled hybrid hydrogel biomaterials. Angew Chem
Int Ed 51:7396–7417
14. Higashihara T, Ueda M (2011) Block copolymers containing rod segments. In:
Hadjichristidis N, Hirao A, Tezuka Y, Du Prez F (eds) Complex macromolecular
architectures: synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 395–429
15. Klok H-A (2002) Protein-inspired materials: synthetic concepts and potential applications.
Angew Chem Int Ed 41:1509–1513
16. Zhang G, Fournier MJ, Mason TL, Tirrell DA (1992) Biological synthesis of monodisperse
derivatives of poly(α, L-glutamic acid): model rodlike polymers. Macromolecules
25:3601–3603
17. Rabotyagova OS, Cebe P, Kaplan DL (2011) Protein-based block copolymers. Biomacromolecules 12:269–289
18. Kiick KL (2002) Genetic methods of polymer synthesis. In: Mark HF (ed) Encyclopedia of
polymer science and technology. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 515–522
19. Merrifield RB (1963) Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J Am
Chem Soc 85:2149–2154
20. Aliferis T, Iatrou H, Hadjichristidis N (2004) Living polypeptides. Biomacromolecules
5:1653–1656
21. Hadjichristidis N, Iatrou H, Pitsikalis M, Sakellariou G (2009) Synthesis of well-defined
polypeptide-based materials via the ring-opening polymerization of alpha-amino acid
N-carboxyanhydrides. Chem Rev 109:5528–5578
22. Kricheldorf HR (2006) Polypeptides and 100 years of chemistry of α-amino acid
N-carboxyanhydrides. Angew Chem Int Ed 45:5752–5784
23. Kricheldorf HR (1987) α-aminoacid-N-carboxy-anhydrides and related heterocycles:
syntheses, properties, peptide synthesis, polymerization. Springer, Berlin
24. Penczek S, Kricheldorf HR (1990) Models of biopolymers by ring opening polymerization.
CRC, Boca Raton
25. Duran H, Ogura K, Nakao K, Vianna SDB, Usui H (2009) High-vacuum vapor deposition and
in situ monitoring of N-carboxy anhydride benzyl glutamate polymerization. Langmuir
25:10711–10718
26. Leuchs H, Geiger W (1908) The anhydrides of alpha-amino-N-carboxylic and alpha-amino
acids. Ber Dtsch Chem Ges 41:1721–1726
27. Voet D, Voet JG (eds) (1995) Biochemistry, Solutions Manual. Wiley, Hoboken
28. Zimm BH, Bragg JK (1959) Theory of the phase transition between helix and random coil in
polypeptide chains. J Chem Phys 31:526–535
29. Teramoto A, Fujita H (1975) Conformation-dependent properties of synthetic polypeptides in
the helix-coil transition region. Adv Polym Sci 18:65–149
30. Parras P, Castelletto V, Hamley IW, Klok H-A (2005) Nanostructure formation in poly
(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) triblock copolymers
in the solid state. Soft Matter 1:284–291
31. Hadjichristidis N, Iatrou H, Pitsikalis M, Pispas S, Avgeropoulos A (2005) Linear and
non-linear triblock terpolymers: synthesis, self-assembly in selective solvents and in bulk.
Prog Polym Sci 30:725–782
32. Klok H-A, Lecommandoux S (2006) Solid-state structure, organization and properties of
peptide-synthetic hybrid block copolymers. Adv Polym Sci 202:75–111
33. Sanchez-Ferrer A, Mezzenga R (2010) Secondary structure-induced micro- and macrophase
separation in rod-coil polypeptide diblock, triblock, and star-block copolymers.
Macromolecules 43:1093–1100
194
C. Cai et al.