
{"publication_number": "US-9630991-B2", "abstract": "there is described a material comprising tapes , ribbons , fibrils or fibers characterized in that each of the ribbons , fibrils or fibers have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a \u03b2 - sheet tape - like substructure .", "application_number": "US-201514887592-A", "description": "the singular forms \u201c a ,\u201d \u201c an ,\u201d and \u201c the \u201d refer to one or more than one , unless the context clearly dictates otherwise . for example , the term \u201c comprising a peptide \u201d includes single or plural peptide and is considered equivalent to the phrase \u201c comprising at least one peptide .\u201d the term \u201c or \u201d refers to a single element of stated alternative elements or a combination of two or more elements , unless the context clearly indicates otherwise . as used herein , \u201c comprises \u201d means \u201c includes .\u201d thus , \u201c comprising a or b ,\u201d means \u201c including a , b , or a and b ,\u201d without excluding additional elements . unless explained otherwise , all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood to one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs . although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present disclosure , suitable methods and materials are described below . the materials , methods , and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting . the tapes , ribbons , fibrils and fibres are increasingly more rigid structures [ 1 ]. for example we have found that the persistence length { tilde over ( l )