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Gliding and trudging

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Water is increasingly recognized as being of paramount importance in biological processes, yet its exact role remains difficult to elucidate. Now, the motion of water molecules within and around a synthetic peptide-amphiphile nanofibre has been precisely determined, showing significant differences between its core and surface.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of a peptide-amphiphile monomer, its nanofibre self-assembled structure and the diffusion of water across its cross-section.

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  1. Yoshimitsu Itoh and Takuzo Aida are in the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan,

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  2. Takuzo Aida is also at RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan,

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Itoh, Y., Aida, T. Gliding and trudging. Nature Chem 9, 934–936 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2870

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