“Cross-linked fibrous” spherulites formed from a low molecular weight compound, Fmoc-functionalized phenolic amino acid

• DOI: 10.1039/c5sm00518c
• Publication Date: 2015-03-23T13:10:24Z
• Authors: Samala Murali Moh...; Ganesh Shanmugam; Asit Baran Mandal
• Keywords: Spherulite (polymer physics); Morphology

While biomacromolecules such as proteins are shown to form fibrous spherulites, which generally “semicrystalline” in nature, here we show that a simple, low molecular weight compound fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-functionalized phenolic amino acid (Fmoc-L-tyrosine) can “fibrous” spherulites with highly “cross-linked” microfibrils using the supramolecular self-assembly process.