TY - JOUR T1 - Morphology transition in helical tubules of a supramolecular gel driven by metal ions. JF - Chem Commun (Camb) Y1 - 2017 A1 - Lalitha, Krishnamoorthy A1 - Sridharan, Vellaisamy A1 - Maheswari, C Uma A1 - Vemula, Praveen Kumar A1 - Nagarajan, Subbiah AB -

Our aim to access a particular chemical functionality on helical tubules has been achieved by the rational molecular design and synthesis of glucono-appended cardanol derivatives. For the first time, we report a chiral molecular packing with α-helical tubules, and chiral symmetry-breaking upon exposure to Cu that generated the final ordered structure via an in situ morphological transition without undergoing any phase change.

VL - 53 IS - 9 ER -