TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of amino acid side chains on the formation of two component self-assembling nanofibrous hydrogels
AU - Nelli, Srinivasa Rao
AU - Lin, Jhong Hua
AU - Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Anh
AU - Tseng, Dion Tzu Huan
AU - Talloj, Satish Kumar
AU - Lin, Hsin-Chieh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Herein, we report the synthesis and optimization of an aqueous phase two-component co-assembled nanofibrous hydrogel based on charge-transfer (CT) between pyrenebutyric acid and naphthalene diimide-capped groups. This donor-acceptor CT interaction is a powerful driving force that can induce self-assembly in the aqueous phase even if the molecule contains only a single amino acid. The intermolecular CT interactions for mixed components can also be visualized in the quantum-chemical approach. This two-component supramolecular co-assembly provides a new path for the design of self-assembled nanomaterials.
AB - Herein, we report the synthesis and optimization of an aqueous phase two-component co-assembled nanofibrous hydrogel based on charge-transfer (CT) between pyrenebutyric acid and naphthalene diimide-capped groups. This donor-acceptor CT interaction is a powerful driving force that can induce self-assembly in the aqueous phase even if the molecule contains only a single amino acid. The intermolecular CT interactions for mixed components can also be visualized in the quantum-chemical approach. This two-component supramolecular co-assembly provides a new path for the design of self-assembled nanomaterials.
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U2 - 10.1039/c6nj02820a
DO - 10.1039/c6nj02820a
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85010966240
SN - 1144-0546
VL - 41
SP - 1229
EP - 1234
JO - New Journal of Chemistry
JF - New Journal of Chemistry
IS - 3
ER -