Molecular assembly of amino acid interlinked, topologically symmetric, π-complementary donor-acceptor-donor triads.
Amino acid interlinked pyrene and naphthalenediimide (NDI) based novel donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) triads are designed to exploit their topological symmetry and complementary π-character for facile charge-transfer complexation. Consequently, free-floating high-aspect-ratio supercoiled nanofibres and hierarchical helical bundles of triads are realized by modulating the chemical functionality of interlinking amino acids.
Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India. ; Tel: +91 80 2208 2969.
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Avinash
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Sandeepa
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amino acids; charge transfer; designer functional molecules; molecular assembly; molecular recognition