Rationally designed helical nanofibers via multiple non-covalent interactions: fabrication and modulation
作者:Yiyang Lin、Andong Wang、Yan Qiao、Chen Gao、Markus Drechsler、Jianpin Ye、Yun Yan、Jianbin Huang
DOI:10.1039/b926642a
日期:——
Building well-defined hierarchical architectures via supramolecular chemistry is one of the challenges in nanotechnology and is crucial to our understanding of biological self-assembly and biological phenomenon. In this work, a well-ordered one-dimensional (1 D) helix is fabricated with a novel sugar-based lipid by virtue of multiple non-covalent interactions (i.e. hydrophobic interaction, aromatic stacking, and hydrogen bond). The robust helical nanostructure is evidenced by negative-staining TEM, cryo-TEM and circular dichroism (CD). A series of amphiphilic molecules are also synthesized to explore molecular structure-performance relationship and elucidate intermolecular forces that contribute to complex architectures. Moreover, the supramolecular nanohelices in this work are demonstrated to be “smart nanostructures” which can be shaped into spherical micelles, vesicles or unfolded nanofibers by external stimuli, such as pH, light, and surfactant addition.
通过超分子化学建立定义明确的分层体系结构是纳米技术面临的挑战之一,对于我们理解生物自组装和生物现象至关重要。在这项工作中,利用多种非共价相互作用(即疏水相互作用、芳香堆积和氢键),用一种新型糖基脂质制造出了一种有序的一维(1 D)螺旋结构。负染色 TEM、冷冻 TEM 和圆二色性(CD)都证明了这种坚固的螺旋纳米结构。此外,还合成了一系列两亲分子,以探索分子结构与性能的关系,并阐明促成复杂结构的分子间作用力。此外,这项工作中的超分子纳米褶皱被证明是 "智能纳米结构",可在 pH 值、光和表面活性剂添加等外部刺激下形成球形胶束、囊泡或展开的纳米纤维。