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. 2007 Feb 7;2(2):e190. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000190

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
*

according to the molecular model proposed in Fig. 1

**

based on the estimation Wadj = Width+2(2RtH-H2)1/2, Rt = AFM tip size (∼10 nm), H: sample height (∼0.5 nm) [20]