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cholesteric sense in lyotropic polypeptide liquid crystals. Polym J 11:863–869
75. Toriumi H, Minakuchi S, Uematsu Y, Uematsu I (1980) Helical twisting power of poly
(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) liquid crystals in mixed solvents. Polym J 12:431–437
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of α-helical poly(β-p-chlorobenzyl L-aspartate) and comparison with other related
polyaspartates. Peptide Sci 80:249–257
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amphiphilic triblock copolymers in solution: experimental studies and self-consistent field
theory simulations. J Phys Chem B 112:12666–12673
57. Ueda M, Makino A, Imai T, Sugiyama J, Kimura S (2011) Transformation of peptide
nanotubes into a vesicle via fusion driven by stereo-complex formation. Chem Commun
47:3204–3206
58. Cai C, Wang L, Lin J (2011) Self-assembly of polypeptide-based copolymers into diverse
aggregates. Chem Commun 47:11189–11203
59. Kim MS, Dayananda K, Choi EY, Park HJ, Kim JS, Lee DS (2009) Synthesis and characterization of poly(L-glutamic acid)-block-poly(L-phenylalanine). Polymer 50:2252–2257
60. Schenck HL, Gellman SH (1998) Use of a designed triple-stranded antiparallel β-sheet to
probe β-sheet cooperativity in aqueous solution. J Am Chem Soc 120:4869–4870
61. Ding W, Lin S, Lin J, Zhang L (2008) Effect of chain conformational change on micelle
structures: experimental studies and molecular dynamics simulations. J Phys Chem B
112:776–783
62. Lin J, Zhu G, Zhu X, Lin S, Nose T, Ding W (2008) Aggregate structure change induced by
intramolecular helix-coil transition. Polymer 49:1132–1136
63. Kotharangannagari VK, Sanchez-Ferrer A, Ruokolainen J, Mezzenga R (2012) Thermoreversible gel–sol behavior of rod-coil-rod peptide-based triblock copolymers.
Macromolecules 45:1982–1990
64. Yu SM, Soto CM, Tirrell DA (2000) Nanometer-scale smectic ordering of genetically
engineered rodlike polymers: synthesis and characterization of monodisperse derivatives of
poly(γ-benzyl α, L-glutamate). J Am Chem Soc 122:6552–6559
65. Sasaki S, Tokuma K, Uematsu I (1983) Phase behavior of poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate)
solutions in benzyl alcohol. Polym Bull (Berl) 10:539–546
66. Watanabe J, Takashina Y (1991) Columnar liquid crystals in polypeptides. 1. A columnar
hexagonal liquid crystal observed in poly(γ-octadecyl L-glutamate). Macromolecules
24:3423–3426
67. Robinson C, Ward JC (1957) Liquid-crystalline structures in polypeptides. Nature
180:1183–1184
68. Robinson C (1961) Liquid-crystalline structures in polypeptide solutions. Tetrahedron
13:219–234
69. Robinson C, Ward JC, Beevers RB (1958) Liquid crystalline structure in polypeptide
solutions. Part 2. Discuss Faraday Soc 25:29–42
70. Samulski ET, Tobolsky AV (1967) Solid “liquid crystal” films of poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate.
Nature 216:997
71. Elliott A, Ambrose EJ (1950) Evidence of chain folding in polypeptides and proteins. Discuss
Faraday Soc 9:246–251
72. Marx A, Thiele C (2009) Orientational properties of poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate: influence of
molecular weight and solvent on order parameters of the solute. Chem Eur J 15:254–260
73. Watanabe J, Nagase T (1988) Thermotropic polypeptides. 5. Temperature dependence of
cholesteric pitches exhibiting a cholesteric sense inversion. Macromolecules 21:171–175
74. Toriumi H, Kusumi Y, Uematsu I, Uematsu Y (1979) Thermally induced inversion of the
cholesteric sense in lyotropic polypeptide liquid crystals. Polym J 11:863–869
75. Toriumi H, Minakuchi S, Uematsu Y, Uematsu I (1980) Helical twisting power of poly
(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) liquid crystals in mixed solvents. Polym J 12:431–437
76. Abe A, Hiraga K, Imada Y, Hiejima T, Furuya H (2005) Screw-sense inversion characteristic
of α-helical poly(β-p-chlorobenzyl L-aspartate) and comparison with other related
polyaspartates. Peptide Sci 80:249–257
77. Abe A, Furuya H, Okamoto S (1997) Spatial configurations, transformation, and reorganization of mesophase structures of polyaspartates-a highly intelligent molecular system. Peptide
Sci 43:405–412
196
C. Cai et al.