Staff member publications
Sharma, Poonam, Venugopal, Akhil, Verdi, Claudia Martinez, Roger, Mauri Serra, Calo, Annalisa, Kumar, Mohit, (2024). Heparin binding induced supramolecular chirality into the self-assembly of perylenediimide bolaamphiphile Journal Of Materials Chemistry b 12, 7292-7297 
Chirality is one of the hallmarks of biomolecules. Herein, we utilize heparin, a chiral biomolecule and potent drug, to induce chiral organization into the assembly of an achiral molecule. Polyanionic heparin binds with a dicationic perylenediimide derivative to induce supramolecular helical organization in aqueous medium as well as in a highly competitive cell culture medium. Heparin, an anionic chiral biomolecule, binds to cationic achiral perylenediimide derivative to induce supramolecular helicity, forming chiral nanostructures in both aqueous and cell culture medium.
JTD Keywords: Circularly-polarized luminescence, Dichroism, Nanotubes, Polymers, Stack
