The Berkeley Lab scientists say this never - before - seen design rule could be used to piece together complex
nanosheet structures and other peptoid assemblies such as nanotubes and crystalline solids.
Depending on the type of
nanosheet the structure of the magnetic film assumes a specific orientation, and thus determines the magnetism of the film at that location.
Not exact matches
What's more, they discovered it by combining computer simulations with x-ray scattering and imaging methods to determine, for the first time, the atomic - resolution
structure of peptoid
nanosheets.
«Newly discovered «design rule» brings nature - inspired nanostructures one step closer: First atomic - resolution
structure of a peptoid
nanosheet.»
These insights are intriguing on their own, but when the scientists examined the
structure of the
nanosheets» backbone, they were surprised to see a design rule not found in the field of protein structural biology.
«The graphene forms a sandwich
structure with the carbon nitride
nanosheets and results in further redistribution of electrons.
This pattern allows the backbones to remain linear and untwisted, a trait that makes peptoid
nanosheets larger and flatter than any biological
structure.
The UT researchers have now developed a new method, in which they make use of
nanosheets obtained from three - dimensional crystals with a layered
structure.
Graphene nanoscrolls —
nanosheets uniformly wound around themselves — have been proposed for use as a man - made analogue of this capillary
structure.
The
structure of the «nanoglue» and the clay
nanosheets allowed the layers to form cooperative hydrogen bonds, which gives rise to what Kotov called «the Velcro effect.»