![]() ![]() Here we focus on Boc-diphenylalanine, an archetypical example of a peptide with a high propensity towards supramolecular self-organization, and describe the pathway through which it forms a range of nano-assemblies with different structural characteristics. Although much is now known about the manner in which such structures adopt their morphologies and size distributions in response to external stimuli, the kinetic and thermodynamic driving forces that lead to their transformation from soluble monomeric species into ordered supramolecular entities have remained elusive. ![]() Such supramolecular species not only possess a rich set of dynamic features as a consequence of the non-covalent nature of their core interactions, but also afford unique structural characteristics. The self-assembly of molecular building blocks into nano- and micro-scale supramolecular architectures has opened up new frontiers in polymer science. ![]()
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