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Published in final edited form as: Chem Mater. 2011 Dec 5;24(5):746–758. doi: 10.1021/cm202632m

Figure 8.

Figure 8

(A) Schematic illustration of the formation of an oligopeptide-containing membrane at the aqueous-LC interface through a cross-linking reaction of a 17-mer oligopeptide (see text for details) with adipoyl chloride. The LC is nematic 5CB. (B-C) SEM images of the oligopeptide membrane obtained at two different magnification levels. The scale bars in B and C are 10 μm and 1 μm respectively. (D-I) Polarized light micrographs of 5CB supporting a cross-linked oligopeptide membrane after incubation with the indicated protein solutions (21 μM, pH 8.0) for 2 h at room temperature, and subsequent contact with an aqueous dispersion of vesicles ofl-DLPC (0.10 mM, pH 8.0) for (D), (F), and (H) for 0 min and (E), (G), and (I) for 10 min at room temperature. Grid size is 283 μm. Reproduced with permission from ref 17 (American Chemical Society).