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abFig. 2. AFM images of Z-Aib 6 -N (a) and Z-Aib 15 -N (b), both deposited on mica from the30:70 (v/v) water/methanol solvent mixture.Excimer emission can also be detected by time-resolved fluorescence measurements:Z-Aib 15 -N showed decay time <strong>com</strong>ponents of ca. 60ns for the N chromophore embedded asa monomer in the aggregate and 87ns for the excimer. Interestingly, the excimer time decaywas also characterized by a short rise time <strong>com</strong>ponent (≈3ns), associated to a negative preexponentialfactor that represents a measure of the dynamics of the nuclear motions leadingto excimer formation.AFM measurements were carried out on dried peptide films supported on mica andobtained by deposition of a 10μM 30:70 (v/v) water/methanol solvent mixture. Z-Aib 6 -N(Figure 2a) showed globular structures characteristics of a specific aggregation, driven byhydrophobic interactions and promoted by the presence of the aromatic groups. On thecontrary, Z-Aib 15 -N exhibited, more extensively than Z-Aib 12 -N, fibrillar structures severalmicrons long and about 100nm thick (Figure 2b), suggesting that in this case interchainpeptide interactions are the driving force that determines the morphology of the peptideaggregates. Both FTIR absorption spectroscopy and thioflavine test measurementsindicated that the filaments are formed by microfibrils generated by entwined peptidehelical chains.References1. Toniolo, C., Crisma, M., Formaggio, F., Peggion, C. Biopolymers (Pept.Sci.) 60, 396-419 (2001).2. Karle, I.L., Balaram, P. Biochemistry 29, 6747-6756 (1990).583

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