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Nanoribbons Self‐Assembled from Triblock Peptide Polymers and Coordination Polymers
Author(s) -
Yan Yun,
Martens Aernout A.,
Besseling Nicolaas A. M.,
de Wolf Frits A.,
de Keizer Arie,
Drechsler Markus,
Cohen Stuart Martien A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200705242
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer , polyelectrolyte , peptide , hydrogen bond , denticity , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , polymer chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , self assembly , non covalent interactions , polymer science , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , metal , organic chemistry , molecule , receptor , biochemistry
Concerted effects : Triblock peptide copolymers, organic multidentate ligands, and Zn 2+ ions associate spontaneously into well‐defined nanoribbons when dissolved at proper ratios in water at moderate pH values. These nanofibers are stabilized by an extraordinary concerted effect of distinct noncovalent interactions: metal–ligand complexation, hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interaction, and polyelectrolyte complexation between coordination polymers and the charged blocks of the peptide copolymers.