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US 8,940,858 B2Granted
Fibrous microcapsules and methods of assembly and use thereof
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsSamuel Stupp, Dorota Rozkiewicz
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Abstract
The present invention relates to assembly of peptide amphiphiles and biopolymers into fibrous microcapsules, and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention provides devices, compositions, and methods for interfacial self-assembly of peptide amphiphiles and biopolyments into fibrous microcapsules, and uses thereof.
Claims12
A fibrous microcapsule composition comprising a fibrous outer shell of peptide amphiphiles and a spherical biopolymer core, wherein said peptide amphiphiles comprise a hydrophobic tail, a beta-sheet forming peptide, a charged amino acid sequence, and a short peptide segment.
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