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Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution
To rationally design supramolecular polymers capable of self-healing or reconfiguring their structure in a dynamically controlled way, it is imperative to gain access into the intrinsic dynamics of the supramolecular polymer (dynamic exchange of monomers) while maintaining a high-resolution descript...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5529520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28747661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00189-0 |
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author | Bochicchio, Davide Salvalaglio, Matteo Pavan, Giovanni M. |
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description | To rationally design supramolecular polymers capable of self-healing or reconfiguring their structure in a dynamically controlled way, it is imperative to gain access into the intrinsic dynamics of the supramolecular polymer (dynamic exchange of monomers) while maintaining a high-resolution description of the monomer structure. But this is prohibitively difficult at experimental level. Here we show atomistic, coarse-grained modelling combined with advanced simulation approaches to characterize the molecular mechanisms and relative kinetics of monomer exchange in structural variants of a synthetic supramolecular polymer in different conditions. We can capture differences in supramolecular dynamics consistent with the experimental observations, revealing that monomer exchange in and out the fibres originates from the defects present in their supramolecular structure. At the same time, the submolecular resolution of this approach offers a molecular-level insight into the dynamics of these bioinspired materials, and a flexible tool to obtain structure-dynamics relationships for a variety of polymeric assemblies. |
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spelling | pubmed-55295202017-08-01 Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution Bochicchio, Davide Salvalaglio, Matteo Pavan, Giovanni M. Nat Commun Article To rationally design supramolecular polymers capable of self-healing or reconfiguring their structure in a dynamically controlled way, it is imperative to gain access into the intrinsic dynamics of the supramolecular polymer (dynamic exchange of monomers) while maintaining a high-resolution description of the monomer structure. But this is prohibitively difficult at experimental level. Here we show atomistic, coarse-grained modelling combined with advanced simulation approaches to characterize the molecular mechanisms and relative kinetics of monomer exchange in structural variants of a synthetic supramolecular polymer in different conditions. We can capture differences in supramolecular dynamics consistent with the experimental observations, revealing that monomer exchange in and out the fibres originates from the defects present in their supramolecular structure. At the same time, the submolecular resolution of this approach offers a molecular-level insight into the dynamics of these bioinspired materials, and a flexible tool to obtain structure-dynamics relationships for a variety of polymeric assemblies. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5529520/ /pubmed/28747661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00189-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Bochicchio, Davide Salvalaglio, Matteo Pavan, Giovanni M. Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution |
title | Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution |
title_full | Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution |
title_fullStr | Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution |
title_full_unstemmed | Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution |
title_short | Into the Dynamics of a Supramolecular Polymer at Submolecular Resolution |
title_sort | into the dynamics of a supramolecular polymer at submolecular resolution |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5529520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28747661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00189-0 |
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