Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte
Double helix structures appear widely in nature, but only rarely in synthetic non-chiral macromolecules. Here the authors describe a double helix in a densely charged aromatic polyamide, which exhibits an axial rigidity persistence length of ~ 1 μm, much higher than that of DNA (~ 50 nm).
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| author | Ying Wang Yadong He Zhou Yu Jianwei Gao Stephanie ten Brinck Carla Slebodnick Gregory B. Fahs Curt J. Zanelotti Maruti Hegde Robert B. Moore Bernd Ensing Theo J. Dingemans Rui Qiao Louis A. Madsen |
| author_facet | Ying Wang Yadong He Zhou Yu Jianwei Gao Stephanie ten Brinck Carla Slebodnick Gregory B. Fahs Curt J. Zanelotti Maruti Hegde Robert B. Moore Bernd Ensing Theo J. Dingemans Rui Qiao Louis A. Madsen |
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| description | Double helix structures appear widely in nature, but only rarely in synthetic non-chiral macromolecules. Here the authors describe a double helix in a densely charged aromatic polyamide, which exhibits an axial rigidity persistence length of ~ 1 μm, much higher than that of DNA (~ 50 nm). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d70ac71e354043c79a458578ff941e1f2022-12-21T19:10:49ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-02-011011810.1038/s41467-019-08756-3Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyteYing Wang0Yadong He1Zhou Yu2Jianwei Gao3Stephanie ten Brinck4Carla Slebodnick5Gregory B. Fahs6Curt J. Zanelotti7Maruti Hegde8Robert B. Moore9Bernd Ensing10Theo J. Dingemans11Rui Qiao12Louis A. Madsen13Department of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia TechDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia TechDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia TechDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of TechnologyVan’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of AmsterdamDepartment of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia TechDepartment of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia TechDepartment of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia TechDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of TechnologyDepartment of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia TechVan’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of AmsterdamDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia TechDepartment of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia TechDouble helix structures appear widely in nature, but only rarely in synthetic non-chiral macromolecules. Here the authors describe a double helix in a densely charged aromatic polyamide, which exhibits an axial rigidity persistence length of ~ 1 μm, much higher than that of DNA (~ 50 nm).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08756-3 |
| spellingShingle | Ying Wang Yadong He Zhou Yu Jianwei Gao Stephanie ten Brinck Carla Slebodnick Gregory B. Fahs Curt J. Zanelotti Maruti Hegde Robert B. Moore Bernd Ensing Theo J. Dingemans Rui Qiao Louis A. Madsen Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte Nature Communications |
| title | Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte |
| title_full | Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte |
| title_fullStr | Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte |
| title_full_unstemmed | Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte |
| title_short | Double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte |
| title_sort | double helical conformation and extreme rigidity in a rodlike polyelectrolyte |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08756-3 |
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