Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Mirror symmetry breaking and chiral amplification in foldamer-based supramolecular helical aggregates

Graphical abstract: Mirror symmetry breaking and chiral amplification in foldamer-based supramolecular helical aggregates

Spontaneous asymmetric generation of supramolecular chiral fibers was observed in the folding induced self-assembly of a lock-washer shaped foldamer. A secondary nucleation growth mechanism is proposed to explain the observed chiral amplification or deracemization of these supramolecular fibers.

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