Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW (UK).
Abstract:
Tricky triggering: Supramolecular peptide amphiphiles were prepared by host-guest complexation of pyrene-labeled peptides and viologen lipid with cucurbit8]uril. They self-assemble into vesicles, which are responsive to a variety of external triggers. Both "switching on" and "switching off" of fluoresence and cytotoxicity is demonstrated in?vitro.