Table 2. Nanofiber width from molecular models and AFM measurements.
Peptides | fiber width | AFM tip width) | (Peptide length w/size adjusted**) |
a) RADA16 | 5.9 nm | 12.1 nm | 16.3±1.4 nm |
b) ALK: | 10.7 nm | 16.9 nm | – |
c) DGR: | 10.0 nm | 16.2 nm | – |
d) PRG: | 10.3 nm | 16.5 nm | – |
e) ALK+RADA16 | 15.5 nm* | 21.7 nm | 35.5±2.9 nm |
f) DGR+RADA16 | 14.1 nm* | 20.3 nm | 26.6±2.4 nm |
g) PRG+RADA16 | 14.7 nm* | 20.9 nm | 29.5±3.1 nm |