title: Self-assembling carbohydrate-functionalized oligothiophenes.
abstract: Carbohydrate-functionalized oligothiophenes have been synthesized applying mild Sonogashira cross-coupling conditions. In an aqueous environment the amphiphilic hybrids self-assemble into chiral superstructures as a result of multiple hydrogen bond interactions and the helicity of the aggregates is controllable by the configuration of the carbohydrate unit. By means of atomic force microscopy highly ordered layer arrangements on substrates were characterized.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mena-Osteritz
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kopyshev
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bäuerle
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D013876:Thiophenes