Hydrogen-bonded polymer nanotubes in water
- 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.
Author details: | Anja Gress, Anne Heilig, Bernd M. Smarsly, Matthias HeydenreichORCiD, Helmut SchlaadORCiDGND |
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URL: | http://pubs.acs.org/loi/mamobx |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1021/Ma900227t |
ISSN: | 0024-9297 |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2009 |
Publication year: | 2009 |
Release date: | 2017/03/25 |
Source: | Macromolecules. - ISSN 0024-9297. - 42 (2009), 12, S. 4244 - 4248 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
Peer review: | Referiert |