Photoresponsive Supramolecular Nanotubes: Shrinkable Nanotubes for Duplex Formation of Short Nucleotides (Small 34/2018)
Source abstract
Abstract
Monolayer nanotubes self-assembled from amphiphilic molecules are able to encapsulate dinucleotides via electrostatic attraction. In article number 1801967, Naohiro Kameta and Haruhisa Akiyama discover that upon photoirradiation, the 18-nm inner diameter of the nanotubes shrink to less than 2 nm as a result of photochemical cleavage of the 2-nitrobenzyl groups in the amphiphiles. This shrinking leads to a propulsive release of the dinucleotides into the bulk solution and simultaneously accelerates the formation of the dinucleotide duplexes.
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Research context
OpenAlex topics: Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials · Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques · DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
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Affiliations
Department of Materials and Chemistry Nanomaterials Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tsukuba Central 5, 1‐1‐1 Higashi Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐8565 Japan
Department of Materials and Chemistry Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry AIST Tsukuba Central 5, 1‐1‐1 Higashi Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐8565 Japan
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