Evaporation-Driven Crystallization of Diphenylalanine Microtubes for Microelectronic Applications / Nuraeva Alla,Vasilev Semen,Vasileva Dania,Zelenovskiy Pavel,Chezganov Dmitry,Esin Alexander,Kopyl Svetlana,Romanyuk Konstantin,Shur Vladimir Ya.,Kholkin Andrei L. // CRYSTAL GROWTH \& DESIGN. - 2016. - V. 16, l. 3. - P. 1472-1479.

ISSN/EISSN:

1528-7483 / 1528-7505

Type:

Article

Abstract:

Self-assembly of supramolecular biomaterials such as proteins or peptides has revealed great potential for their use in various applications ranging from scaffolds for cell culture to light-emitting diodes and piezoelectric transducers. Many of these applications require controlled growth,of individual objects in the configuration allowing simple transfer to the desired device. In this work, we grew millimeter-long diphenylalanine (FF) self-assembled microtubes with high aspect ratio via evaporation-driven crystallization of nonsaturated FF solutions, making use of the Marangoni flow in the drying droplets. The growth mechanism was investigated by measuring the microtube length as a function of time. Jerky (steplike) growth behavior was observed and explained by a self-activated process in which additional activation energy is provided through condensation. The calculated growth rate due to the diffusion-controlled process is in agreement with the experimentally measured values. The grown microtubes were successfully transferred to metallized patterned substrates, and their specific conductivity and piezoelectric properties were evaluated as a function of the applied voltage and frequency. A number of piezoelectric resonances were observed and attributed to different vibrational modes excited by the piezoelectric effect inherent to the FF structure.

Author keywords:

ASSEMBLED PEPTIDE NANOTUBES; WATER; NANOSTRUCTURES; GROWTH; NANOMATERIALS; LUMINESCENCE; DIPEPTIDES; NANOWIRES; CRYSTALS; SURFACES

DOI:

10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01604

Web of Science ID:

ISI:000371453900043

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Поле	Значение
Month	MAR
Publisher	AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Address	1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA
Language	English
EISSN	1528-7505
Keywords-Plus	ASSEMBLED PEPTIDE NANOTUBES; WATER; NANOSTRUCTURES; GROWTH; NANOMATERIALS; LUMINESCENCE; DIPEPTIDES; NANOWIRES; CRYSTALS; SURFACES
Research-Areas	Chemistry; Crystallography; Materials Science
Web-of-Science-Categories	Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Crystallography; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Author-Email	kholkin@ua.pt
ResearcherID-Numbers	Nuraeva, Alla/B-3356-2015 Kholkin, Andrei/G-5834-2010 Zelenovskiy, Pavel/L-7480-2016 Kopyl, Svitlana/J-4871-2013 Vasilev, Semen/L-8334-2016 Shur, Vladimir/J-9078-2015
ORCID-Numbers	Chezganov, Dmitry/0000-0001-8696-262X Nuraeva, Alla/0000-0002-1329-2474 Kholkin, Andrei/0000-0003-3432-7610 Zelenovskiy, Pavel/0000-0003-3895-4785 Kopyl, Svitlana/0000-0003-3347-8628 Vasilev, Semen/0000-0002-3103-1438
Funding-Acknowledgement	Russian Scientific Foundation {[}14-12-00812]; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) {[}SFRH/BPD/88362/2012]; FCT/MEC {[}FCT UID/CTM/50011/2013]; FEDER
Funding-Text	The equipment of the Ural Center for Shared Use ``Modern Nanotechnology{''} at UrFU was used. A.L.K, S.V., D.V., P.Z., and A.E. acknowledge support from the Russian Scientific Foundation (Grant 14-12-00812). K.R. is grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) for support within his grant SFRH/BPD/88362/2012. Part of this work was developed in the scope of Project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (ref. FCT UID/CTM/50011/2013), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and, when applicable, cofinanced by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement.
Number-of-Cited-References	45
Usage-Count-Last-180-days	7
Usage-Count-Since-2013	39
Journal-ISO	Cryst. Growth Des.
Doc-Delivery-Number	DF6GM