Abstract
Molecular modeling of diphenylalanine peptide nanotubes (FF PNT) is performed using PM3 method in HyperChem. The study focuses on the polar properties of FF PNT structures having different chiralities (L, D) and conformations (α-helix, β-sheet). The results show that the optimized structures for L-PNT possess higher polarization in both conformations (0.023 C/m2–α, 0.04 C/m2–β) compared with D-PNT (0.016 C/m2–α, 0.014 C/m2–β). The water structures inside PNT are investigated, too. The hexagonal ice/water structures used for these models are analyzed in respect to the XRD data recently obtained.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 168-177 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Ferroelectrics |
Volume | 525 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12 Mar 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Funding
The work was supported by RFBR (grant No. 15-01-04924) and by the joint project Portugal-Turkey TUBITAK/0006/2014 and #115F227. PZ thanks the grant of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists (Contract 14.Y30.17.2294-MK) and the Government of the Russian Federation (Resolution 211, Contract 02.A03.21.0006) for the financial support.
Funders | Funder number |
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Russian Foundation for Basic Research | 15-01-04924, 115F227, TUBITAK/0006/2014 |
Government Council on Grants, Russian Federation | |
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation |
Keywords
- Amino acids
- chirality
- embedded water
- ferroelectrics
- molecular modeling
- peptide nanotubes
- piezoelectrics
- piezoresponse force microscopy