Small dipeptide fragments enzymatically combine and split to form sequences that self-assemble into nanomaterials.
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Hermans, T. Materials from a peptide soup. Nature Nanotech 11, 920–921 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.184
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