Cover: Genetically engineered, spider-silk-like block copolymers undergo self-assembly into well-defined morphologies. The number of polyalanine blocks is found to have a direct effect on the formation of crystalline β-sheets, suggesting a platform for controlling secondary structures, and thus material properties, using specific amino acid chemistries. Further details can be found in the article by O. S. Rabotyagova, P. Cebe, and D. L. Kaplan* on page 49.
Krzysztof Babiuch, David Pretzel, Tatiana Tolstik, Antje Vollrath, Sarmiza Elena Stanca, Franziska Foertsch, C. Remzi Becer, Michael Gottschaldt, Christoph Biskup, Ulrich Sigmar Schubert
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