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Formation of Ordered Biomolecular Structures by the Self-assembly of Short Peptides
Published on: November 21, 2013
Hydrogen bonding self-assemblies with 1-D linear, dimeric and hexagonal nanostructures of meso-pyridyl-substituted
Hiromitsu Maeda1, Masahiro Hasegawa, Atsushi Ueda
1Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan. maedahir@se.ritsumei.ac.jp
Abstract:
Dipyrromethanes with meso-pyridyl groups form various hydrogen bonding structures such as dimeric and hexagonal structures and infinite chains. The formation of the self-assembled structures and chains depends on the existence of meso-pyridyl nitrogen in the solid state.
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