Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Chiral self-sorted multifunctional supramolecular biocoordination polymers and their applications in sensors

  • Xiaobo Shang,
  • Inho Song,
  • Gwan Yeong Jung,
  • Wanuk Choi,
  • Hiroyoshi Ohtsu,
  • Jeong Hyeon Lee,
  • Jin Young Koo,
  • Bo Liu,
  • Jaeyong Ahn,
  • Masaki Kawano,
  • Sang Kyu Kwak,
  • Joon Hak Oh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06147-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Chiral supramolecules may be used in chiral recognition, sensing and catalysis. Here the authors selectively synthesized homochiral and heterochiral supramolecular biocoordination polymers of naphthalene diimide ligands with alanine termini and Zn ions.