Oligopeptide-decorated liquid crystal droplets for detecting proteasesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Materials, experimental details and supplementary figures. See DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04651j

We prepared the bioactive liquid crystal (LC) droplets by decorating an oligopeptide at the LC/aqueous interface to stabilize the LC droplets. These LC droplets can be used to detect proteases through the specific cleavage of protease on an oligopeptide leading to a bipolar-to-radial transition of LC configuration inside the droplets. We prepared the oligopeptide-decorated liquid crystal (LC) droplets for detecting proteases through the transition of LC configuration inside the droplets.