We are reporting the influence of foldamer structures on their self-assembled architectures. In a sharp contrast to the ordered α,γ-hybrid 12-helix obtained from 1 : 1 alternating Aib and γ-Phe, the α,γ-hybrid peptides constituted with α-Phe and 4,4-dimethyl γ-amino acid (Aic) displayed the extended sheet type of conformations in solution and spontaneously self-assembled into thermally and proteolytically stable capsules. In contrast, the conformationally ordered 12-helix self-assembled into a three-dimensional supramolecular polyhedron.

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Polyacrylamide grafted oatmeal was synthesized via two techniques, namely microwave assisted using ceric ammonium nitrate along with microwave irradiation and microwave initiated using microwave irradiation alone. The synthesized graft copolymers via both methods were characterized by a number of physicochemical techniques including viscometry, elemental analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), SEM, TGA, UV DSC and Carbon 13-cross polarization/magic angle spinning solid-state NMR Spectroscopy ( 13 C-CP/MAS SSNMR Spectroscopy) using a parent biopolymer (oatmeal) as reference. Furthermore, flocculation efficiency of synthesized graft copolymers was studied in 0.25 wt% kaolin suspension and in wastewater for attenuation of pollutant load. The studies report the superiority of OAT-g-PAMs synthesized by the microwave-assisted technique than microwave-initiated technique in terms of their higher percentage grafting, intrinsic viscosity, flocculation efficiency and pollution load reduction. The synthesized graft copolymers were compared with PAM and alum for assessing their flocculation behavior in 0.25 wt% kaolin suspension and the results obtained were found encouraging for the treatment of effluents discharged from various industries. C 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Adv Polym Technol 2016, , 21540; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com.

The study reports chiral sensing properties of RNA nucleosides. Adenosine, guanosine, uridine and cytidine are used as chiral derivatizing agents to differentiate chiral 1°-amines. A three component protocol has been adopted for complexation of nucleosides and amines. The chiral differentiating ability of nucleosides is examined for different amines based on the (1)H NMR chemical shift differences of diastereomers (Δδ(R,S)). Enantiomeric differentiation has been observed at multiple chemically distinct proton sites. Adenosine and guanosine exhibit large chiral differentiation (Δδ(R,S)) due to the presence of a purine ring. The diastereomeric excess (de) measured by using adenosine is in good agreement with the gravimetric values.