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A Supramolecular Polymer as a Self‐Assembling Polyvalent Scaffold
Author(s) -
Müller Marion K.,
Brunsveld Luc
Publication year - 2009
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.200900143
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , supramolecular polymers , polymer , monomer , scaffold , chemistry , self assembly , molecule , materials science , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , computer science , database
Binding bacteria : Discotic molecules self‐assemble into columnar supramolecular polymers that show strong polyvalent binding to bacteria by virtue of mannose ligands attached at their periphery (orange; see picture). The reversible formation of the supramolecular polymers allows simple mixing of differently substituted monomers and the optimization of bacterial aggregation.
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