Nature Communications (May 2018)
Supramolecular Kandinsky circles with high antibacterial activity
- Heng Wang,
- Xiaomin Qian,
- Kun Wang,
- Ma Su,
- Wei-Wei Haoyang,
- Xin Jiang,
- Robert Brzozowski,
- Ming Wang,
- Xiang Gao,
- Yiming Li,
- Bingqian Xu,
- Prahathees Eswara,
- Xin-Qi Hao,
- Weitao Gong,
- Jun-Li Hou,
- Jianfeng Cai,
- Xiaopeng Li
Affiliations
- Heng Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
- Xiaomin Qian
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
- Kun Wang
- Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
- Ma Su
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
- Wei-Wei Haoyang
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University
- Xin Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
- Robert Brzozowski
- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida
- Ming Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
- Xiang Gao
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
- Yiming Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
- Bingqian Xu
- Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
- Prahathees Eswara
- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida
- Xin-Qi Hao
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
- Weitao Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology
- Jun-Li Hou
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University
- Jianfeng Cai
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
- Xiaopeng Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04247-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Nested structures are common throughout nature and art, yet remain challenging synthetic targets in supramolecular chemistry. Here, the authors design multitopic terpyridine ligands that coordinate into nested concentric hexagons, and show that these discrete supramolecules display potent antimicrobial activity.
