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Nanostructured Micelle Nanotubes Self‐Assembled from Dinucleobase Monomers in Water
Author(s) -
Aparicio Fátima,
Chamorro Paula B.,
Chamorro Raquel,
Casado Santiago,
GonzálezRodríguez David
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202006877
Subject(s) - amphiphile , micelle , self assembly , hydrogen bond , nanotechnology , monomer , materials science , aqueous solution , molecule , nanostructure , copolymer , aqueous medium , chemical engineering , polymer , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Despite the central importance of aqueous amphiphile assemblies in science and industry, the size and shape of these nano‐objects is often difficult to control with accuracy owing to the non‐directional nature of the hydrophobic interactions that sustain them. Here, using a bioinspired strategy that consists of programming an amphiphile with shielded directional Watson–Crick hydrogen‐bonding functions, its self‐assembly in water was guided toward a novel family of chiral micelle nanotubes with partially filled lipophilic pores of about 2 nm in diameter. Moreover, these tailored nanotubes are successfully demonstrated to extract and host molecules that are complementary in size and chemical affinity.