Strong piezoelectricity in bioinspired peptide nanotubes

Andrei Kholkin; Nadav Amdursky; Igor Bdikin; Ehud Gazit; Gil Rosenman

doi:10.1021/nn901327v

Strong piezoelectricity in bioinspired peptide nanotubes

Andrei Kholkin^*
, Nadav Amdursky
, Igor Bdikin
, Ehud Gazit
, Gil Rosenman

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Aveiro
Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

We show anomalously strong shear piezoelectric activity in self-assembled diphenylalanine peptide nanotubes (PNTs), indicating electric polarization directed along the tube axis. Comparison with wellknown piezoelectric LiNbO ₃ and lateral signal calibration yields sufficiently high effective piezoelectric coefficient values of at least 60 pm/V (shear response for tubes of≈200 nm in diameter). PNTs demonstrate linear deformation without irreversible degradation in a broad range of driving voltages. The results open up a wide avenue for developing new generations of "green" piezoelectric materials and piezonanodevices based on bioactive tubular nanostructures potentially compatible with human tissue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	610-614
Number of pages	5
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nn901327v
Publication status	Published - 23 Feb 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

MEMS
Nanotubes
Peptides
Piezoelectricity
Piezoresponse force microscopy

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