One-dimensional helical aggregates organized from achiral imine-based polymers

• Main Authors: Liu, Guofeng, Fu, Kuo, Wang, Xuejuan, Qan, Cheng, Liu, Jiawei, Wang, Dongdong, Wang, Hou, Zhu, Liangliang, Zhao, Yanli
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Liquid-Crystal; Supramolecular Chirality
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162321
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Organizing synthetic polymers, especially achiral polymers, into one-dimensional helical nanoarchitectures is challenging, which typically relies on pre-existing templates, such as properly folded DNA or polypeptide chains. Herein, we show that sonication-assisted self-assembly of achiral polymers l...