Macroscopically chiral nanospheres and nanotubes composed of helical copolymers have been described in this work by Nanobiomol Group researchers F. Freire and R. Riguera, together with Sandra Arias, Julián Bergueiro and Emilio Quiñoá.
The presence of a donor co-solvent either activates or deactivates cation–π supramolecular interactions on the chiral monomers of the copolymer. Those structural changes are transferred to the rest of the polymer chain inducing a selective P or M helical sense through the chiral amplification phenomenon known as ‘Sergeants and Soldiers’ effect.
Nanobiomol Group is a pioneer on new quiral nanoestructures synthesis with new approaches to chemical methods in disolution (Ver vídeo)
Nanobiomol has published another results in this area of research in prestigious scientific journals, like The Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte and Chemical Science (Royal Chemical Society) what have been highlighted on their covers.
1. Macroescope showing SEM, AFM and Confocal images of nanotubes and nanospheres