Issue 46, 2025

Dimerization-enhanced aggregation of chlorophyll into helical supramolecular polymers

Abstract

We designed a chlorophyll dyad that folds like a closed pair of scissors. Despite possessing identical interaction sites to its monad counterpart, the folded dyad exhibited markedly enhanced aggregation behavior, forming micrometer-scale helical nanofibers. We propose that this enhanced aggregation propensity upon dimerization arises from conformational fixation through folding.

Graphical abstract: Dimerization-enhanced aggregation of chlorophyll into helical supramolecular polymers

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Apr 2025
Accepted
07 May 2025
First published
08 May 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 8427-8430

Dimerization-enhanced aggregation of chlorophyll into helical supramolecular polymers

R. Kudo, R. Kawai, S. Takamiya, S. Datta, H. Hanayama, N. Hara, H. Tamiaki and S. Yagai, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 8427 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC02060C

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