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Templated Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of Poly( p ‐aryltriazole) Foldamers
Author(s) -
Pfukwa Rueben,
Kouwer Paul H. J.,
Rowan Alan E.,
Klumperman Bert
Publication year - 2013
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.201303135
Subject(s) - solvophobic , foldamer , self assembly , folding (dsp implementation) , chirality (physics) , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , crystallography , organic chemistry , physics , molecule , chiral symmetry breaking , engineering , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model , electrical engineering
A biomimetic approach has been used for the templated self‐assembly of a helical poly( para ‐aryltriazole) foldamer. The solvophobic folding process yields helices that further self‐assemble into long nanotubes (see picture; scale bar: 100 nm). Constructs of controlled length and chirality can be generated by applying a poly( γ ‐benzyl‐l‐glutamate) scaffold at the appropriate assembly conditions, mimicking tobacco mosaic virus self‐assembly.