Folic acid–polydopamine nanofibers show enhanced ordered-stacking via π–π interactions1. Issue 23 (21st June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fan, Hailong; Yu, Xiang; Liu, Yang; Shi, Zujin; Liu, Huihui; Nie, Zongxiu; Wu, Decheng; Jin, Zhaoxia
• Is Part Of: Soft matter. Volume 11:Issue 23(2015)
• Page Start: 4621
• Page End: 4629
• Publication Date: 2015-06-21
• Subjects: Soft condensed matter -- Periodicals; 530.413
• DOI: 10.1039/c5sm00732a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-683X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj1058ch4w" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Hybrid nanofibers of polydopamine and folic acid show strong π–π interactions because of the existence of cyclic tetramers, which were observed in MALDI-TOF MS characterizations. The strong interaction between these oligomers in FA–PDA nanofibers promotes the formation of large domains with graphite-like ordered-stacking.</p> </abstract>