Self-assembling chiral monolayers of helical peptides bound to gold via side-chain thioethers

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) no. 4; pp. 473 - 474
• Main Authors: Strong, AE, Moore, BD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: CAMBRIDGE Royal Soc Chemistry 21.02.1998
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Physical Sciences; Science & Technology; SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS; MOLECULES; SURFACES; LAYERS

A helical oligopeptide containing three methionine residues, positioned so their side-chains align along one side of the helix, forms self-assembled monolayers on gold as characterised by cyclic voltammetry and reflection-absorption IR spectroscopy.