Helical rosette nanotubes

Figure 20 GaC 14 self-assembles into a six-member macrocycle called a rosette. These rosettes stack forming a helical rosette nanotube (HRN)...

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Figure 12.2 Schematic illustration of self-assembly process of RNTs. (a) Twin G C motifs with an RGDSK peptide (b) rosette-like supermacrocycle assembled from six motifs and (c) rosettes stacked up into stable helical nanotubes with an 11A hollow core, 3-4 nm in diamet and up to several pm long. Atomic force microscopy image of (d) twin DNA-based RNTs with RGDSK peptide, (e and f) twin DNA-based RNTs with an aminobutane linker (TBL).

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