CD Methods Development at the Bio-Nano Interface

Hennig, Andréas; Bhosale, Sheshanath; Sakai, Naomi; Matile, Stefan

doi:10.2533/chimia.2008.493

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CD Methods Development at the Bio-Nano Interface

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Hennig, Andréas; Bhosale, Sheshanath; Sakai, Naomi

; Matile, Stefan

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Chimia, vol. 62, no. 6, p. 493-496

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2008

Abstract

We describe recent applications of circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy to develop simple methods for the study of supramolecular functional materials. Examples include the development of a CD method to identify supramolecules in action (and to determine Hill coefficients for exergonic self-assembly), or CD methods to measure osmotic pressure and the activity of ion channels and pores. For the latter two applications, G-quartets are introduced as versatile functional CD probes in chirogenic vesicles.

Keywords

Circular dichroism spectroscopy
Ion channel
Osmotic pressure
Pores
Supramolecular function

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Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie organique

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HENNIG, Andréas et al. CD Methods Development at the Bio-Nano Interface. In: Chimia, 2008, vol. 62, n° 6, p. 493–496. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2008.493

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PID : unige:7942
DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2008.493

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0009-4293

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