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Chirality-Dependent Growth of Self-Assembled Diphenylalanine Microtubes

  • Pavel S. Zelenovskiy*
  • , Alla S. Nuraeva
  • , Svitlana Kopyl
  • , Sergey G. Arkhipov
  • , Semen G. Vasilev
  • , Vladimir S. Bystrov
  • , Dmitry A. Gruzdev
  • , Mateusz Waliczek
  • , Volodymyr Svitlyk
  • , Vladimir Ya Shur
  • , Luís Mafra
  • , Andrei L. Kholkin
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Ural Federal University
  • CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
  • University of Aveiro
  • Department of Physics
  • Novosibirsk State University
  • Department of Chemical Science
  • University of Limerick
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Institute of Organic Synthesis UB RAS
  • University of Wrocław
  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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Abstract

The difference in the crystal structure and growth kinetics of microtubes formed from l- and d-enantiomers of diphenylalanine dipeptide is investigated both experimentally and theoretically by computer simulation. The microtubes of l- and d-enantiomers grown simultaneously and under identical experimental conditions possess different crystallographic space groups, have essential difference in sizes, and demonstrate different growth kinetics. Computer simulation by molecular mechanics methods revealed a fundamental difference in the interaction between structural units of microtubes of different chiralities. A model describing chirality-dependent growth of microtubes is proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6414-6421
Number of pages8
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume19
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes

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