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ArticleNature communications2024

Interfacial dynamics mediate surface binding events on supramolecular nanostructures.

Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Yukio Cho, Samuel J Kaser, Linnaea D Uliassi, Xiaobing Zuo, Shayna L Hilburg, Lilo D Pozzo, Julia H Ortony

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Ty Christoff-Tempesta *Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6551-6599
Yukio Cho *Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-692X
Samuel J KaserDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Linnaea D UliassiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Xiaobing ZuoX-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0134-4804
Shayna L HilburgDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-7698
Lilo D PozzoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7104-9061
Julia H OrtonyDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. ortony@mit.edu.

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) CHE-2331196National Science Foundation (NSF) DMR-14-19807ODCDC CDC HHS S10 OD012331U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0012704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dynamic behavior of biological materials is central to their functionality, suggesting that interfacial dynamics could also mediate the activity of chemical events at the surfaces of synthetic materials. Here, we investigate the influence of surface flexibility and hydration on heavy metal remediation by nanostructures self-assembled from small molecules that are decorated with surface-bound chelators in water. We find that incorporating short oligo(ethylene glycol) spacers between the surface and interior domain of self-assembled nanostructures can drastically increase the conformational mobility of surface-bound lead-chelating moieties and promote interaction with surrounding water. In turn, we find the binding affinities of chelators tethered to the most flexible surfaces are more than ten times greater than the least flexible surfaces. Accordingly, nanostructures composed of amphiphiles that give rise to the most dynamic surfaces are capable of remediating thousands of liters of 50 ppb Pb

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