ssPNA templated assembly of oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s

Pim G A Janssen; Nico Meeuwenoord; Gijs van der Marel; Sara Jabbari-Farouji; Paul van der Schoot; Mathieu Surin; Zeljko Tomović; E W Meijer; Albertus P H J Schenning

doi:10.1039/b913307k

ssPNA templated assembly of oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jan 7;46(1):109-11. doi: 10.1039/b913307k. Epub 2009 Nov 11.

Authors

Pim G A Janssen¹, Nico Meeuwenoord, Gijs van der Marel, Sara Jabbari-Farouji, Paul van der Schoot, Mathieu Surin, Zeljko Tomović, E W Meijer, Albertus P H J Schenning

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. a.p.h.j.schenning@tue.nl

PMID: 20024309
DOI: 10.1039/b913307k

Abstract

A single-stranded oligothymine peptide nucleic acid (PNA) was used as a template for the assembly of a chiral oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) diaminotriazine derivative (OPV) in methylcyclohexane (MCH) revealing nanostructures in which the size is controlled by the template.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Circular Dichroism
Cyclohexanes / chemistry
Microscopy, Atomic Force
Molecular Conformation
Nanostructures / chemistry
Peptide Nucleic Acids / chemistry*
Triazines / chemistry

Substances

Cyclohexanes
Peptide Nucleic Acids
Triazines
methylcyclohexane