Morphological control of helical solid bilayers in high-axial-ratio nanostructures through binary self-assembly.
Mixed molecular species of cardanyl glucoside derived from renewable resources provide nanotubes upon self-assembly in water, while the saturated homologue generated a twisted fibrous morphology. The cardanyl glucoside mixture was fractionated into four individual components in order to study their contribution to the nanotube formation. The rational control of self-assembled helical morphologies was achieved by binary self-assembling of the saturated and monoene derivatives. This method can generate a diversity of self-assembled high-axial-ratio nanostructures (HARNs), ranging from twisted ribbons and helical ribbons to nanotubes.
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CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), NARC, AIST, Tsukuba Central 4, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan. george-john@aist.go.jp
Jung
Jong Hwa
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Minamikawa
Hiroyuki
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Yoshida
Kaname
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Shimizu
Toshimi
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D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008958:Models, Molecular; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014867:Water; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D005960:Glucosides; D010636:Phenols; D014867:Water; C038590:cardanol