Issue 27, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Allostery in molecular self-assemblies: metal ions triggered self-assembly and emissions of terthiophene†

Shuai Liu,a   Li Zhao,b   Yunlong Xiao,a   Tian Huang,a   Jie Li,a   Jianbin Huang*a  and  Yun Yan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institution College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
E-mail: yunyan@pku.edu.cn, jbhuang@pku.edu.cn

b School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China

Abstract

Binding of metal ions to the head of a coordinating amphiphile TTC4L substantially changes the emission color of the terthiophene group attached to the chain end via a conformation triggered self-assembly. This is in analogy with the allostery of proteins in which binding a ligand to one site may affect its performance at another site through conformational change.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC00492J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Jan 2016
Accepted
05 Feb 2016
First published
05 Feb 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 4876-4879

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Allostery in molecular self-assemblies: metal ions triggered self-assembly and emissions of terthiophene

S. Liu, L. Zhao, Y. Xiao, T. Huang, J. Li, J. Huang and Y. Yan, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4876 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00492J

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