An easy 'Filter-and-Separate' method for enantioselective separation and chiral sensing of substrates using a biomimetic homochiral polymer.
We present a polyfluorene appended with protected l-glutamic acid that exhibited a reversible α-helix/β-sheet-like conformation and helical porous fibrous morphology mimicking the super-structure of proteins. The new homochiral polymer probe enabled efficient heterogeneous enantioselective separation and chiral sensing of a wide variety of substrates from their aqueous racemic mixture using an easy 'Filter-and-Separate' method.
Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, India. t.senthilkumar@ncl.res.in sk.asha@ncl.res.in.
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D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D005374:Filtration; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016062:Porosity; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D011108:Polymers; D018698:Glutamic Acid