Investigating the Co-Adsorption Behavior of Nucleic-Acid Base (Thymine and Cytosine) and Melamine at Liquid/Solid Interface

Huiling Zhao, Yinli Li, Dong Chen, Bo Liu*

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Abstract

The co-adsorption behavior of nucleic-acid base (thymine; cytosine) and melamine was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) technique at liquid/solid (1-octanol/graphite) interface. STM characterization results indicate that phase separation happened after dropping the mixed solution of thymine-melamine onto highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface, while the hetero-component cluster-like structure was observed when cytosine-melamine binary assembly system is used. From the viewpoints of non-covalent interactions calculated by using density functional theory (DFT) method, the formation mechanisms of these assembled structures were explored in detail. This work will supply a methodology to design the supramolecular assembled structures and the hetero-component materials composed by biological and chemical compound.

Original languageEnglish
Article number552
JournalNanoscale Research Letters
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Binary self-assembly
  • Hetero-compound
  • Hydrogen binding
  • Intermolecular recognition

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