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A PEG/N-alkyl urea peptoid conjugate that self-assembles in water to form ribbon-like structures has been developed by scientists at The University of Cincinnati. The hot paper reports the team’s investigation of the synthesis & self-assembly using NMR.

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Investigation into fiber formation in N-alkyl urea peptoid oligomers and the synthesis of a water-soluble PEG/N-alkyl urea peptoid oligomer conjugate: Xiaoping Chen, Keyang Ding and Neil Ayres, Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2635-2642

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