title: A ditopic ion-pair receptor based on stacked nucleobase quartets.
abstract: Pass the salt, please! State-of-the-art computations indicate that the stacking complex of a guanine quartet and an adenine quartet (G(4)A(4)) can function as a potent ditopic receptor for NaCl in aqueous solution (see picture; Na(+), Cl(-) yellow, O red, N blue, C black, H white).
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling, Scheikundig Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tushar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Wijst
authors.forename: Célia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fonseca Guerra
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swart
authors.forename: F Matthias
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Bickelhaupt
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lippert