Molecular assembly of amino acid interlinked, topologically symmetric, π-complementary donor-acceptor-donor triads.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Avinash MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3740681 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature