Two-Dimensional Nanoporous Networks Formed by Liquid-to-Solid Transfer of Hydrogen-Bonded Macrocycles Built from DNA Bases

Nerea Bilbao; Iris Destoop; Steven De Feyter; David González-Rodríguez

doi:10.1002/anie.201509233

Two-Dimensional Nanoporous Networks Formed by Liquid-to-Solid Transfer of Hydrogen-Bonded Macrocycles Built from DNA Bases

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Jan 11;55(2):659-63. doi: 10.1002/anie.201509233. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

Authors

Nerea Bilbao¹, Iris Destoop², Steven De Feyter³, David González-Rodríguez⁴

Affiliations

¹ Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials Group, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid (Spain).
² Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven (Belgium).
³ Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, 3001 Leuven (Belgium). steven.defeyter@chem.kuleuven.be.
⁴ Nanostructured Molecular Systems and Materials Group, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid (Spain). david.gonzalez.rodriguez@uam.es.

PMID: 26783059
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201509233

Abstract

We present an approach that makes use of DNA base pairing to produce hydrogen-bonded macrocycles whose supramolecular structure can be transferred from solution to a solid substrate. A hierarchical assembly process ultimately leads to two-dimensional nanostructured porous networks that are able to host size-complementary guests.

Keywords: macrocycles; porous networks; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry; surface assembly.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

DNA / chemistry*
Hydrogen Bonding
Macrocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
Nanopores*

Substances

Macrocyclic Compounds
DNA