Issue 31, 2013
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Soft Matter

Staged self-assembly of PAMAM dendrimers into macroscopic aggregates with a microribbon structure similar to that of amelogenin†

Jiaojiao Yang,a   Shuqin Cao,a   Jiahui Li,a   Jianyu Xin,a   Xingyu Chen,a   Wei Wu,a   Fujian Xub  and  Jianshu Li*a  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
E-mail: jianshu_li@scu.edu.cn

b College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China

Abstract

In this work, the PAMAM dendrimer self-assembles into macroscopic aggregates with a microribbon structure in aqueous solution containing ferric chloride, which are millimeters in length and micrometers in width. The microribbons have a stable structure with the thickness approaching 5 μm. Their self-assembly process and final morphology are pretty similar to those of the supramolecular assembly of amelogenin. The method opens a new avenue for fabricating novel and well-defined materials to mimic the assembly process of proteins and their biological functionalizations as protein analogues for wide applications.

Graphical abstract: Staged self-assembly of PAMAM dendrimers into macroscopic aggregates with a microribbon structure similar to that of amelogenin

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SM51510A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 May 2013
Accepted
31 May 2013
First published
05 Jun 2013

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 7553-7559

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Staged self-assembly of PAMAM dendrimers into macroscopic aggregates with a microribbon structure similar to that of amelogenin

J. Yang, S. Cao, J. Li, J. Xin, X. Chen, W. Wu, F. Xu and J. Li, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 7553 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM51510A

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