Self-assembly of crystalline nanotubes from monodisperse amphiphilic diblock copolypeptoid tiles.

ABSTRACT: The folding and assembly of sequence-defined polymers into precisely ordered nanostructures promises a class of well-defined biomimetic architectures with specific function. Amphiphilic diblock copolymers are known to self-assemble in water to form a variety of nanostructured morphologies including spheres, disks, cylinders, and vesicles. In all of these cases, the predominant driving force for assembly is the formation of a hydrophobic core that excludes water, whereas the hydrophilic blocks are solvated and extend into the aqueous phase. However, such polymer systems typically have broad molar mass distributions and lack the purity and sequence-defined structure often associated with biologically derived polymers. Here, we demonstrate that purified, monodisperse amphiphilic diblock copol

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4839393 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature