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Formation of Ordered Biomolecular Structures by the Self-assembly of Short Peptides
Published on: November 21, 2013
Gigantic supramolecular assemblies built from dynamic hierarchical organization between inorganic nanospheres and
Kirill Grzhegorzhevskii1, Mohamed Haouas2, Maxence Lion2
1Ural Federal University, Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 19 Mira St., Ekaterinburg, Russia. kirillvalentinovich@urfu.ru.
Abstract:
Noncovalent ionic interactions between nanosized Keplerate-type capsules {Mo132} and tetra-cationic porphyrins have been investigated in aqueous solution using small-angle X-ray scattering, 1H NMR and photophysical methods. These complementary multiscale methods reveal the formation of large hybrid oligomers built from a short-range organization in which the cationic porphyrin is glued onto the large POM surface. The local structuring appears to be strongly dependent on the dye : {Mo132} ratio changing the morphology of the oligomers from linear to dense aggregates.
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