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. 2015 Jun 30;6:7574. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8574

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(a–e) Confocal microscopy images of peptide hydrogels at a concentration of 15 mM upon aging 48 h at RT and after staining with Rhodamine B (scale bar, 100 μm). Panels a, b and c show bundles of long twisted fibrils belonging to hydrogels of peptides DF(I)NKF(I), DF(I)NKF and DF(Br)NKF(Br), respectively. Panels d and e show much smaller fibrils of hydrogels of peptides DF(Cl)NKF(Cl) and DFNKF(I), which intertwine and form a matrix-type structure. (f) TEM image of the dried hydrogel of peptide DF(I)NKF(I) showing an intertwined network of long fibrils (scale bars, 0.5 μm and 5 nm).