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Structure and Properties of Poly(Amino Acid) Solids

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There has been a great deal of investigations on relationship between structure and properties in the solid state of various polymers. Among these the synthetic poly(amino acid) has been attracting a growing attention because of their unique rigid conformation of the backbone chain. It has been well established that for a number of poly(amino acid)s amide groups of the backbone chain are hydrogen-bonded intramolecularly to form the α-helical conformation[1], in which more or less flexible side chains surround the helix. Thus, poly(amino acid) seems to consist of two parts: the rigid α-helical backbone and the more or less flexible side chain[2]. It is of interest to know how structural characteristics of poly(amino acid) are related to the solid state properties.

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  1. Department of polymer Science, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-10, Nishi-8, Kita-ku Sapporo, 060, Japan

    Kunio Hikichi

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  1. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

    William J. Bailey

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    Teiji Tsuruta

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Hikichi, K. (1984). Structure and Properties of Poly(Amino Acid) Solids. In: Bailey, W.J., Tsuruta, T. (eds) Contemporary Topics in Polymer Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6743-1_46

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