Exploring hydrogen bonding and weak aromatic interactions induced assembly of adenine and thymine functionalised naphthalenediimides

Adenine and thymine functionalised naphthalenediimide (NDI) conjugates and complementary peptide nucleic acid (PNA) dimers are designed to exploit complementary hydrogen bonding and aromatic interactions for controllable molecular organization. These nucleobase appended NDIs organized into well-defined fibers, nanoribbons, porous spheres, belts and petal-like 2D sheets.