Chemistry Letters, Vol.44, No.6, 831-833, 2015
Polymer-binding Peptides as Dispersants for the Preparation of Polymer Nanoparticles: Application of Peptides to Structurally Similar Non-target Polymers
The Mps01 peptide (sequence: HNAYWHWPPSMT) that recognizes the main chain structure of poly(2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene) was utilized as a dispersant to prepare polymer nanoparticles with spherical morphologies and narrow size distributions.