Abstract
A series of solvent‐free elastin‐like polypeptide liquid crystals and liquids are developed by electrostatic complexation of supercharged elastin‐like polypeptides with surfactants. The smectic mesophases exhibit a high elasticity and the values can be easily tuned by varying the alkyl chain lengths of the surfactants or the lengths of the elastin‐like polypeptides.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2459-2465 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Advanced materials |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17-Apr-2015 |