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A gemini guest triggers the self-assembly of a calixarene capsule in water at neutral pH

Carmela Bonaccorso, Carmelo Sgarlata, Giulia Grasso, Valeria Zito, Domenico Sciotto, Giuseppe Arena

Chemical Communications · 2011 · 26 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

A gemini guest having both aromatic units and negative charges induces the self-assembling of a homodimeric capsule when interacting with a positively charged calixarene at pH 7.

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