Lipophilic guanines (LipoGs) in aprotic solvents undergo different self-assembly processes based on different H-bonded motifs. Cylindrical nanotubes made by π–π stacked guanine tetramers (G-quadruplexes) and flat, tape-like aggregates (G-ribbons) have been observed depending on the presence of alkali metal ions. To obtain information on the structural properties and stability of these LipoG aggregates, Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) experiments have been performed in dodecane, both in the presence and in the absence of potassium ions. As a result, the occurrence of the two different metallo-responsive architectures (nanoribbons or columnar nanotubes) was confirmed and we reported here for the first time a systematic study on the dependence of the aggregate properties on composition, temperature and molecular unit structure. Even if dodecane was selected to favour LipoG solubility, a strong tendency to self-organize into ordered lyotropic phases was indeed detected.
Gonnelli, A., Pieraccini, S., Baldassarri, E.J., Funari, S., Masiero, S., Grazia Ortore, M., et al. (2020). Metallo-responsive self-assembly of lipophilic guanines in hydrocarbon solvents: a systematic SAXS structural characterization. NANOSCALE, 12(2), 1022-1031 [10.1039/C9NR08556D].
Metallo-responsive self-assembly of lipophilic guanines in hydrocarbon solvents: a systematic SAXS structural characterization
Silvia Pieraccini;Stefano Masiero
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2020
Abstract
Lipophilic guanines (LipoGs) in aprotic solvents undergo different self-assembly processes based on different H-bonded motifs. Cylindrical nanotubes made by π–π stacked guanine tetramers (G-quadruplexes) and flat, tape-like aggregates (G-ribbons) have been observed depending on the presence of alkali metal ions. To obtain information on the structural properties and stability of these LipoG aggregates, Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) experiments have been performed in dodecane, both in the presence and in the absence of potassium ions. As a result, the occurrence of the two different metallo-responsive architectures (nanoribbons or columnar nanotubes) was confirmed and we reported here for the first time a systematic study on the dependence of the aggregate properties on composition, temperature and molecular unit structure. Even if dodecane was selected to favour LipoG solubility, a strong tendency to self-organize into ordered lyotropic phases was indeed detected.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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