Self-assembly of a bis-urea macrocycle into a columnar nanotube

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Sep 7:(17):1592-3. doi: 10.1039/b102159c.

Authors

L S Shimizu¹, M D Smith, A D Hughes, K D Shimizu

Affiliation

¹ University of South Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. shimizul@mail.chem.sc.edu

PMID: 12240397
DOI: 10.1039/b102159c

Abstract

A bis-urea macrocycle 1 was synthesized and shown to form extended nanotubular columns by X-ray crystallography.