Aib/Ala-containing peptides, lacking any charge or polar group, dissolve in water by forming spherical aggregates with diameters up to 100 nm. These self-assembled nanostructures are able to incorporate molecules of relevant size, such as decorated Au nanoparticles. Such systems may widen the number of applications currently accessible to self-assembled aggregates in the fields of biomedicine and materials science.
- Edoardo Longo
- Marco Crisma
- Alessandro Moretto
