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Front Cover: Self‐assembly of Soluble Nanoarchitecture using Hybrids of Diblock Copolypeptide Amphiphiles with Copper Rubeanate Hydrates in Water and Their Electrooxidation Reaction (ChemNanoMat 11/2020)
Author(s) -
Tanimura Yuya,
Sakuragi Mina,
Deming Timothy J.,
Kuroiwa Keita
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemnanomat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.947
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2199-692X
DOI - 10.1002/cnma.202000523
Subject(s) - amphiphile , nanosheet , cationic polymerization , supramolecular chemistry , copper , materials science , self assembly , hydrate , nanostructure , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , membrane , copolymer , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , engineering , composite material , metallurgy , polymer , biochemistry
A simple approach for producing supramolecular nanohybrids was developed allowing the preparation of soluble hybrid two‐dimensional nanosheets in water through spontaneous organization of two‐dimensional Cu(II) rubeanate hydrate and cationic diblock copolypeptide amphiphiles. These components self‐assembled into nanosheets with a thicknesses of about several nm and widths on the order of several micrometers, which displayed electrooxidation reactions. The nanostructures were dependent on polypeptides, suggesting that both cationic and hydrophobic polypeptide components are involved in generating the two‐dimensional (2D) nanosheet structures. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Keita Kuroiwa et al.