Chemically and thermally stable silica nanowires with a β-sheet peptide core for bionanotechnology

A series of amyloidogenic peptides based on the sequence KFFEAAAKKFFE template the silica precursor, tetraethyl orthosilicate to form silica-nanowires containing a cross-β peptide core.

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