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Inside Cover: Cooperativity in the Self‐Assembly of the Guanine Nucleobase into Quartet and Ribbon Structures on Surfaces (Chem. Eur. J. 13/2017)
Author(s) -
Paragi Gábor,
Fonseca Guerra Célia
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201605716
Subject(s) - nucleobase , ribbon , guanine , cooperativity , hydrogen bond , crystallography , cover (algebra) , chemistry , self assembly , chemical physics , nanotechnology , stereochemistry , materials science , molecule , dna , nucleotide , biochemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , gene , mechanical engineering , composite material
The guanine nucleobase aggregates into tetrameric or different ribbon structures on surfaces or in solution. The preference of guanine for a particular ribbon structure over other arrangements under experimental settings is explained quantum chemically. An important cooperative effect of the σ electronic system in the hydrogen bonding is revealed for the switching between different self‐assembled structures. More information can be found in the Full Paper by C. Fonseca Guerra and G. Paragi on page 3042 ff.