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From Achiral Molecular Components to Chiral Supermolecules and Supercoil Self‐Assembly
Author(s) -
Yang Wensheng,
Chai Xiangdong,
Chi Lifeng,
Liu Xudong,
Cao Yunwei,
Lu Ran,
Jiang Yueshun,
Tang Xinyi,
Fuchs Harald,
Li Tiejin
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19990401)5:4<1144::aid-chem1144>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - dna supercoil , mesoscopic physics , intermolecular force , chemical physics , non covalent interactions , crystallography , materials science , chemistry , nanotechnology , molecule , physics , dna , hydrogen bond , condensed matter physics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , dna replication
A mesoscopic supercoil was obtained from the self‐assembly of a pair of achiral molecular components 1 and 2 . The formation of these supercoil structures is rationalized in terms of the combined effects of various intermolecular noncovalent interactions under the conditions employed.