Increasing solid-state peptide polymer electrolyte conductivity and stability using helical secondary structure

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-solid-state-electrolyte-stability-helical.html

"longer helices lead to higher ionic conductivity... helical structure increases material's overall stability to higher temperature/ voltage... polymer's backbone controlled/ designed forming helical structure, like DNA, wtih large-scale macrodipole separation of positive, negative charges, increasing conductivity/ dielectric constant of entire structure, improving charge transport... longer peptide = higher helix conductivity... can be degraded back into individual monomer units using enzymes/ acid, starting materials separated/ reused"