Selfassembly of zerodimensional nanostructures via hydrogen bonds

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Self-assembly of zero-dimensional nanostructures
via hydrogen bonds
Calix4resorcinarene
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X-ray crystal structure of spherical assemblies
Six molecules of calixarene and eight molecules
of water form a capsule which contains 60
hydrogen bonds 24 intramolecular
calixarene-calixarene 12 intermolecular
calixarene-calixarene 24 intermolecular
calixarene-water hydrogen bonds.
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X-ray crystal structure of spherical assemblies
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Hydrogen bonded supramolecular tubules
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Molecular design of H-bonded rosette macrocycles
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TEM image of Rosette Nanotubes
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Rosette Nanotubes with Crown Ether Binding Sites
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Induction of supramolecular chirality in rosette
nanotubes
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Dendron rodcoil functional triblock
self-assembler

• Rod
• ?-? stacking
• rigid

HO
OH
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
OH
-
m
n
HO
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• Dendron
• hydrogen bonding
• ?-? stacking
• bulky

• Coil
• structurally diverse
• hydrophobic
• flexibile

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Synthesis of dendron rodcoil
E. R. Zubarev, M. U. Pralle, E. D. Sone, S. I.
Stupp J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 4105 (2001)
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Supramolecular gels formed by dendron rodcoil
molecules
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NMR spectra before and after gelation
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One-dimensional supramolecular structures of DRC
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AFM tapping mode images of DRC nanoribbon
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Analogous DRC molecules
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Analogous DRC molecules (dendrons generation
series)
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Analogous DRC molecules (coil series)