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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Healthc Mater. 2016 Sep 12;5(20):2595–2616. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201600516

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Challenges and opportunities to understand biopolymer self-assembly. (a) A sequence of on-off inputs to a wire electrode can interrupt chitosan’s cathodic electrodeposition and yield a complex multilayer film.[178] (b) The presence of salt in the deposition solution significantly alters the deposited film’s properties.[180] (c) Molecular modeling suggests chitosan self-assembles into crystalline domains with considerable hydrophobic character and that this pH-dependent self-assembly is highly favorable indicating that meta-stable states may be effectively “locked” in place.[181] Adapted from Ref. [178,180] with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry. Reproduced with permission.[181] Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society.