Anisotropic formation mechanism and nanomechanics for the self-assembly process of cross-<i>β</i> peptides<xref rid="cpb_26_12_128701_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_26_12_128701_fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB932804), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11421063, 11647601, 11504431, and 21503275), the Scientific Research Foundation of China University of Petroleum (East China) for Young Scholar (Grant Y1304073). YantingWang also thanks the financial support through the CAS Biophysics Interdisciplinary Innovation Team Project (Grant No. 2060299).</p> </fn>

Anisotropic formation mechanism and nanomechanics for the self-assembly process of cross-β peptides* *

Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB932804), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11421063, 11647601, 11504431, and 21503275), the Scientific Research Foundation of China University of Petroleum (East China) for Young Scholar (Grant Y1304073). YantingWang also thanks the financial support through the CAS Biophysics Interdisciplinary Innovation Team Project (Grant No. 2060299).

Deng Li¹, Zhao Yurong¹, Zhou Peng¹, Xu Hai¹, Wang Yanting^{2, 3, †}

(color online) PMFs at T = 285 K and 300 K for the intra-sheet structure (a) and the inter-sheet structure (b), as well as the entropy and enthalpy contributions at T = 300 K for the intra-sheet structure (c) and the inter-sheet structure (d).