Beta-1,3-glucan polysaccharide (schizophyllan) acting as a one-dimensional host for creating supramolecular dye assemblies.
We have demonstrated that one-dimensional supramolecular dye assemblies with a uniform diameter can be created by utilizing schizophyllan (SPG) as a one-dimensional host. In the supramolecular nanofibers, the dye molecules are assembled into the different aggregation modes depending on the preparation procedures. The findings establish that SPG is useful for creating the supramolecular nanofibers, where temporal superstructures can be stabilized by the SPG-specific helical higher-order structure. [structure: see text].
Numata
Munenori
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Tamesue
Shingo
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Fujisawa
Tomohisa
T
Haraguchi
Shuichi
S
Hasegawa
Teruaki
T
Bae
Ah-Hyun
AH
Li
Chun
C
Sakurai
Kazuo
K
Shinkai
Seiji
S