Tubular supramolecular alternating copolymers fabricated by cyclic peptide-polymer conjugates.

ABSTRACT: Supramolecular copolymers are an emerging class of materials, which bring together different properties and functionalities of multiple components via noncovalent interactions. While it is widely acknowledged that the repeating unit sequence plays an essential role on the performance of these materials, mastering and tuning the supramolecular copolymer sequence is still an open challenge. To date, only statistical supramolecular copolymers have been reported using cyclic peptide-polymer conjugates as building blocks. To enrich the diversity of tubular supramolecular copolymers, we report here a strategy of controlling their sequences by introducing an extra complementary noncovalent interaction. Hence, two conjugates bearing one electron donor and one electron acceptor, respectively

SUBMITTER: Song Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8261775 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature