Hydrogen bonding and other non-covalent interactions at the surfaces of cellulose microfibrils

How Cellulose Stretches: Synergism between Covalent and Hydrogen Bonding

Cellulose is the most familiar and most abundant strong biopolymer, but the reasons for its outstanding mechanical performance are not well understood. Each glucose unit in a cellulose chain is joined to the next by a covalent C-O-C linkage flanked by two hydrogen bonds. This geometry suggests some form of cooperativity between covalent and hydrogen bonding. Using infrared spectroscopy and X-ra...

Non-covalent synthesis of supermicelles with complex architectures using spatially confined hydrogen-bonding interactions

Nature uses orthogonal interactions over different length scales to construct structures with hierarchical levels of order and provides an important source of inspiration for the creation of synthetic functional materials. Here, we report the programmed assembly of monodisperse cylindrical block comicelle building blocks with crystalline cores to create supermicelles using spatially confined hy...

Studies on the Non-covalent Interactions (Stereoelectronics, Stacking and Hydrogen Bonding) in the Self-assembly of DNA and RNA

Studies on the Non-covalent Interactions (Stereoelectronics, Stacking and Hydrogen Bonding) in the Self-assembly of DNA and RNA

Non-covalent interactions between iodo-perfluorocarbons and hydrogen bond acceptors.

Quantitative studies of the 1 : 1 complexes formed between perfluorohexyl iodide and a variety of hydrogen-bond acceptors have been used to probe the relationship between halogen bonding, hydrogen bonding, desolvation and the electrostatics of non-covalent interactions.