Hierarchical self-assembly of achiral amino acid derivatives into dendritic chiral nanotwists

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	Hierarchical self-assembly of achiral amino acid derivatives into dendritic chiral nanotwists
	Cao H(曹海); Yuan QZ(袁泉子); Zhu XF; Zhao YP(赵亚溥); Liu MH(刘鸣华); Zhao, YP
发表期刊	LANGMUIR
	2012-10-01
卷号	28 期号:43 页码:15410-15417
ISSN	0743-7463
摘要	The organogel formation and self-assembly of a glycine-based achiral molecule were investigated. It has been found that the compound could gel organic solvents either at a lower temperature with lower concentration or at room temperature with higher concentration, which showed different self-assembled nanostructures. At a low temperature of -15 degrees C, the compound self-assembled into fibrous structures, whereas it formed distinctive flat microbelts at room temperature. When the organogel with nanofibers formed at -15 degrees C was brought into an ambient condition, chiral twist nanostructures were immediately evolved, which subsequently transferred to a giant microbelt through a hierarchical dendritic twist with the time. Although the compound is achiral, it formed chiral twist with both left- and right-handed twist structures simultaneously. When a trace analogical chiral trigger, L-alanine or D-alanine derivative, was added, a complete homochiral dendritic twist was obtained. Interestingly, a reverse process, i.e. the transformation of the microbelts into twists, could occur upon dilution of the organogel with microbelt structure. During the dilution, both left- and right-handed chiral twists could be formed again. Interestingly, the same branch from the microbelt formed the twist with the same handedness. A combination of the density functional theory (DFT), molecular mechanics (MM), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations demonstrates that the temperature-induced twisting of the bilayer is responsible for the morphological transfonnation and evolution of the dendrite twist. This research sheds new light on the hierarchical transformation of the chiral strictures from achiral molecules via controlled self-assembly.
关键词	Molecular Chirality Helical Polymers Twisted Ribbons Nanofibers Nanotubes Fibers Bolaamphiphile Nanostructures Semiconductor Architectures
学科领域	新型材料的力学问题
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收录类别	SCI ; EI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000310484300034
项目资助者	This work was supported by National Basic Research Program (No. 2007CB808005, 2006CB932101), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20533050, 20773141, 11072244), and the Fund of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
课题组名称	LNM纳/微系统力学与物理力学
论文分区	一类
引用统计	被引频次：80[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://dspace.imech.ac.cn/handle/311007/46696
专题	非线性力学国家重点实验室
通讯作者	Zhao, YP
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cao H,Yuan QZ,Zhu XF,et al. Hierarchical self-assembly of achiral amino acid derivatives into dendritic chiral nanotwists[J]. LANGMUIR,2012,28,43,:15410-15417.
APA	Cao H,Yuan QZ,Zhu XF,Zhao YP,Liu MH,&Zhao, YP.(2012).Hierarchical self-assembly of achiral amino acid derivatives into dendritic chiral nanotwists.LANGMUIR,28(43),15410-15417.
MLA	Cao H,et al."Hierarchical self-assembly of achiral amino acid derivatives into dendritic chiral nanotwists".LANGMUIR 28.43(2012):15410-15417.

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