@article{GressHeiligSmarslyetal.2009, author = {Gress, Anja and Heilig, Anne and Smarsly, Bernd M. and Heydenreich, Matthias and Schlaad, Helmut}, title = {Hydrogen-bonded polymer nanotubes in water}, issn = {0024-9297}, doi = {10.1021/Ma900227t}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Intermolecular hydrogen bonding, not hydrophobic interaction, is the driving force for the spontaneous self- assembly of glycosylated polyoxazoline chains into nanotubes in dilute aqueous solution. The structural information is encoded in the relatively simple molecular structure of chains consisting of a tertiary polyamide backbone (hydrogen- accepting) and glucose side chains (hydrogen-donating). The formation of the nanotubes should occur through bending and closing of a 2D hydrogen-bonded layer of interdigitated polymer chains.}, language = {en} }