Controlling the growth and shape of chiral supramolecular polymers in water

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 17888-17893

  Besenius, Pol ^a   Portale, Giuseppe ^b   Bomans, Paul H H ^a   Janssen, Henk M ^c   Palmans, Anja R A ^a   Meijer, E W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c SyMO Chem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aqueous self assembly; Controlled architecture; Dynamic materials; Supramolecular polymerization

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 78149266251     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009592107     Document Type: Article

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