Supramolecular polymerization in water harnessing both hydrophobic effects and hydrogen bond formation.
The formation of supramolecular polymers in water through rational design of a benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) motif is presented. Intermolecular hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic effects cooperate in the self-assembly into long fibrillar aggregates. Minimal changes in molecular structure significantly affect the internal packing of the aggregates.
Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Christianus M A
CM
Leenders
Lorenzo
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Albertazzi
Tristan
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Mes
Marcel M E
MM
Koenigs
Anja R A
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Palmans
E W
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Meijer