Resorcinarene Induced Assembly of Carotene and Lutein into Hierarchical Superstructures
Li Liang, Wei Tuo, Qihua Zhu, Hajar Sepehrpour, Yong Yao, Chao‐Guo Yan, Lizhe Liu, Dan Li, Ya‐Jing Xie, Chuang Zhang, Min Wang, Yan Sun
Abstract
The manipulation of carotenoid-based hierarchical superstructures affords attractive properties that facilitate application in biology and photosynthesis. Here, tubular suprastructures formed from water-soluble amide-modified resorcinarene and β-carotene were reported, whereas microsheets were formed when β-carotene was replaced with lutein. These structures were characterized using various measurements, indicating the differences of binding sites between resorcinarene and β-carotene/lutein. Subsequently, the assembly mechanism was described by calculating the formation energy of the assemblies.
Topics & Concepts
ResorcinareneChemistryLuteinCaroteneAmideSupramolecular chemistryCarotenoidFrustuleStereochemistryOrganic chemistryBotanyBiochemistryMoleculeDiatomBiologyPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistrySupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials