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ArticleMaterials today. Chemistry2021

Modulation of physical properties of organic cocrystals by amino acid chirality.

Wei Ji, Bin Xue, Santu Bera, Sarah Guerin, Linda J W Shimon, Qing Ma, Syed A M Tofail, Damien Thompson, Yi Cao, Wei Wang and 1 more

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Article in Materials today. Chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. Beyond Cocrystals: Hierarchical Functional Assemblies via Noncovalent Synthesis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. Enzymatic polymerization of enantiomericNature communications · 2023
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Wei JiSchool of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Bin XueNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, China.
Santu BeraSchool of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Sarah GuerinDepartment of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.
Linda J W ShimonDepartment of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Qing MaInstitute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China.
Syed A M TofailDepartment of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.
Damien ThompsonDepartment of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland.
Yi CaoNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, China.
Wei WangNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, China.
Ehud GazitSchool of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.

Funding

European Research Council 694426
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amino acid chirality plays an important role in conveying directionality and specificity to their supramolecular organization. However, the impact of enantiopure and racemic amino acids on the favorable packing and macroscopic properties of organic cocrystals with nonchiral coformers is poorly understood. Herein, we performed a systematic study of the effect of chirality on the macroscopic properties of acetylated alanine (AcA) single crystals and cocrystals with a nonchiral photo-sensitive bipyridine derivative (BPE). Cocrystallization with BPE produced a marked morphology transition that improved the supramolecular chirality, thermal stability and mechanical strength of AcA crystals. The distinct supramolecular packing modes were analyzed by X-ray crystallography. The highest rigidity was observed for BPE/DL-ACA, WHILE BPE/D-ACA AND BPE/L-ACA crystals exhibited higher efficiency of photo-induced emission for fluorescent imprinting, as well as significantly higher piezoelectricity. This work provides a striking illustration that subtle differences in amino acid stereochemistry translate into tunable macroscopic properties of organic cocrystals for future applications in rigid solids, fluorescent imprinting, and energy harvesting.

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