Patent ID: 9682168
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61L,B82Y,C08K,C08L,D01D,D10B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A nanotube-reinforced polymer composite, comprising a plurality of nanotubes within a polymer matrix, wherein each nanotube comprises a self-assembling, non-covalently bonded plurality of D,L cyclic peptide molecules, wherein each D,L cyclic peptide molecule is a cyclic oligomer of about 6-12 α-amino acid residues, wherein each amino acid residue bears an α-hydrogen atom and a non-hydrogen α-substituent, wherein the amino acid residues of each cyclic peptide molecule have alternating absolute configurations, and wherein the amino acid residues of each D,L cyclic peptide molecule comprise a first type of amino acid of a first absolute configuration, and a second type of amino acid of an opposite absolute configuration.