Kim, Sang N.; Kuang, Zhifeng; Slocik, Joseph M.; Jones, Sharon E.; Cui, Yue; Farmer, Barry L.; McAlpine, Michael C.; Naik, Rajesh R.
Preferential Binding of Peptides to Graphene Edges and Planes
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 133:14480-14483, SEP 21 2011

Peptides identified from combinatorial peptide libraries have been shown to bind to a variety of abiotic surfaces. Biotic abiotic interactions can be exploited to create hybrid materials with interesting electronic, optical, or catalytic properties. Here we show that peptides identified from a combinatorial phage display peptide library assemble preferentially to the edge or planar surface of graphene and can affect the electronic properties of graphene. Molecular dynamics simulations and experiments provide insight into the mechanism of peptide binding to the graphene edge.

DOI:10.1021/ja2042832

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