Accession Number:

ADA281299

Title:

Towards Tobacco Mosaic Virus-Like Self-Assembled Supramolecular Architectures

Descriptive Note:

Abstract rept. no. 4,

Corporate Author:

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV CLEVELAND OH DEPT OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Percec, V.
• Heck, J.
• Johansson, G.
• Tomazos, D.

Report Date:

1994-06-30

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

This paper discusses the molecular design of selected examples of structural units containing taper shaped exo-receptors and various crown ether, oligooxyethylenic, and H-bonding based endo-receptors, which self-assemble into cylindrical channel-like architectures via principles resembling those of tobacco mosaic virus TMV. The ability of these structural units to self- assemble via a delicate combination of exo- and endo-recognition processes will be presented. A comparison between various supramolecular generated via H- bonding, ionic, and electrostatic interactions and molecular polymer backbones will be made. The present limitations concerning the ability to engineer the structural parameters of these supramolecular channel-like architectures and some possible novel material functions derived from them will be briefly mentioned.

Descriptors:

• *BONDING
• *TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS
• FUNCTIONS
• INTERACTIONS
• PARAMETERS
• MATERIALS
• PROTEINS
• COMPARISON
• TAPER
• CHANNELS
• TOBACCO PLANTS
• PAPER
• ELECTROSTATICS
• ANTIGENS
• RIBONUCLEIC ACIDS
• ARCHITECTURE
• SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
• CHEMISTRY
• LIMITATIONS
• ETHERS
• RECOGNITION
• ANTIBODIES

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE