Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.130, No.11, 3313-3313, 2008
Unusual sculpting of dipeptide particles by ultrasound induces gelation
A readily synthesized dipeptide shows unprecedented gelation behavior when dispersed and submitted to ultrasound in nonsolvents. SEM and FFEM revealed spectacular shape changes from a sheet-like material into a highly interconnected fiber network and ribbons while the dipeptide maintains an anti conformation inside beta-sheets at the molecular scale.