Homodimerization driven self-assembly of glycoluril molecular clips with covalently immobilized poly(ε-caprolactone).

Gosecka, Monika; Urbaniak, Malgorzata; Mikina, Maciej; Gosecki, Mateusz; Rozanski, Artur · Soft Matter · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We present an unexpected self-assembly of a glycoluril clip-poly(ε-caprolactone) conjugate in chloroform. The conjugate forms homodimer aggregates due to supramolecular interactions between glycoluril moieties, which was confirmed with MALDI-TOF-ms and 1H NMR. TEM revealed the formation of multilayered nanosized prism-shaped objects resembling tree bark in nature.