Packing Biomolecules into Sierpiński Triangles with Global Organizational Chirality

Fractals are found in nature and play important roles in biological functions. However, it is challenging to controllably prepare biomolecule fractals. In this study, a series of Sierpiński triangles with global organizational chirality is successfully constructed by the coassembly of l-tryptophan and 1,3-bi(4-pyridyl)benzene molecules on Ag(111). The chirality is switched when replacing l-tryptophan by d-tryptophan. The fractal structures are characterized by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy at the single-molecule level. Density functional theory calculations reveal that intermolecular hydrogen bonds stabilize the Sierpiński triangles.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:143

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Chemical Society - 143(2021), 36 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 14417-14421

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ruoning [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Na [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yajie [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Ziyong [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yongfeng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3M4G523W1G
8DUH1N11BX
Benzene Derivatives
Journal Article
Pyridines
Radioisotopes
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Silver
Silver-111
Tryptophan

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.02.2022

Date Revised 11.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.1c05949

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329312553