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Bottom-up approach to understand chirality transfer across scales in cellulose assemblies

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Fittolani,  Giulio
Martina Delbianco, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Vargová,  Denisa
Martina Delbianco, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Seeberger,  Peter H.
Peter H. Seeberger - Automated Systems, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Delbianco,  Martina
Martina Delbianco, Biomolekulare Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Fittolani, G., Vargová, D., Seeberger, P. H., Ogawa, Y., & Delbianco, M. (2022). Bottom-up approach to understand chirality transfer across scales in cellulose assemblies. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(27), 12469-12475. doi:10.1021/jacs.2c04522.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-ACDC-D
Abstract
Cellulose is a polysaccharide that displays chirality across different scales, from the molecular to the supramolecular level. This feature has been exploited to generate chiral materials. To date, the mechanism of chirality transfer from the molecular level to higher-order assemblies has remained elusive, partially due to the heterogeneity of cellulose samples obtained via top-down approaches. Here, we present a bottom-up approach that uses well-defined cellulose oligomers as tools to understand the transfer of chirality from the single oligomer to supramolecular assemblies beyond the single cellulose crystal. Synthetic cellulose oligomers with defined sequences self-assembled into thin micrometer-sized platelets with controllable thicknesses. These platelets further assembled into bundles displaying intrinsic chiral features, directly correlated to the monosaccharide chirality. Altering the stereochemistry of the oligomer termini impacted the chirality of the self-assembled bundles and thus allowed for the manipulation of the cellulose assemblies at the molecular level. The molecular description of cellulose assemblies and their chirality will improve our ability to control and tune cellulose materials. The bottom-up approach could be expanded to other polysaccharides whose supramolecular chirality is less understood.
AB - Cellulose is a polysaccharide that displays chirality across different scales, from the molecular to the supramolecular level. This feature has been exploited to generate chiral materials. To date, the mechanism of chirality transfer from the molecular level to higher-order assemblies has remained elusive, partially due to the heterogeneity of cellulose samples obtained via top-down approaches. Here, we present a bottom-up approach that uses well-defined cellulose oligomers as tools to understand the transfer of chirality from the single oligomer to supramolecular assemblies beyond the single cellulose crystal. Synthetic cellulose oligomers with defined sequences self-assembled into thin micrometer-sized platelets with controllable thicknesses. These platelets further assembled into bundles displaying intrinsic chiral features, directly correlated to the monosaccharide chirality. Altering the stereochemistry of the oligomer termini impacted the chirality of the self-assembled bundles and thus allowed for the manipulation of the cellulose assemblies at the molecular level. The molecular description of cellulose assemblies and their chirality will improve our ability to control and tune cellulose materials. The bottom-up approach could be expanded to other polysaccharides whose supramolecular chirality is less understood.