Journal article

Publication year: 2008

Pages: 304-308

Journal: Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volume number: 29

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 1022-1336

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200700698

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
A hydrophilic glycopolyamide homopolymer is described, consisting of a tertiary polyamide backbone and D-glucose side chains, which upon direct dissolution in water can self-assemble into spherical vesicles and nanofibers. Based on TEM, SFM, and SAXS data, it is proposed that the nanofibers are hollow nanotubes with a cross-sectional radius of about 3 nm and a wall thickness of about 1 nm. The wall should be constructed of chains forming a sheet through intermolecular hydrogen bonding between amide and glucose units, as evidenced by CD spectroscopy.

Harvard Citation style: Gress, A., Smarsly, B. and Schlaad, H. (2008) Formation of glycopolyamide nanofibers, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 29(4), pp. 304-308. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200700698

APA Citation style: Gress, A., Smarsly, B., & Schlaad, H. (2008). Formation of glycopolyamide nanofibers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 29(4), 304-308. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200700698