【Sci. China Ser. B-Chem., 2009, 52, 1227-1234.】Chiral assembly of achiral pseudoisocyanine with D- and L-phenylalanine
作者：Lixi Zeng, Yujian He, Zhifeng Dai, Jian Wang, Caiqi Wang, and Yonggang Yang
關鍵字：supramolecular chirality , pseudoisocyanine , self-assembly - induced circular dichroism , α-amino acid
論文來源：期刊
具體來源：Science in China Series B: Chemistry
發表時間：2009年
Abstract 全文鏈接
Supramolecular chirality and molecular self-assembly are important and interesting phenomena in living and non-living systems. In this work, supramolecular chirality of achiral pseudoisocyanine (PIC) J-aggregates was successfully induced by D-, L-phenylalanine (Phe) and other amino acids in NaCl solution. The chiral J-aggregates showed a characteristic, induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the visible region of J-band chromophore which depends on the absolute configuration, concentration and side groups of α-amino acids, as well as temperature. The atomic force microscopy images indicated that the J-aggregates exist in large bundles of entangled nanofibers, and the observed ICD might result from the macroscopic helical arrangement of the assemblies