Rationalizing the Influence of Small-Molecule Dopants on Guanine Crystal Morphology
(2024)
Journal Article
Wagner, A., Hill, A., Lemcoff, T., Livne, E., Avtalion, N., Casati, N., Kariuki, B. M., Graber, E. R., Harris, K. D. M., Cruz-Cabeza, A. J., & Palmer, B. A. (2024). Rationalizing the Influence of Small-Molecule Dopants on Guanine Crystal Morphology. Chemistry of Materials, 36(18), 8910–8919. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01771
Many spectacular optical phenomena in animals are produced by reflective assemblies of guanine crystals. The crystals comprise planar H-bonded layers of π-stacked molecules with a high in-plane refractive index. By preferentially expressing the highl... Read More about Rationalizing the Influence of Small-Molecule Dopants on Guanine Crystal Morphology.