Figure 2: Morphological variety of supramolecular nanofibre 1 observed by CLSM. | Nature Communications

Figure 2: Morphological variety of supramolecular nanofibre 1 observed by CLSM.

From: Fluidic supramolecular nano- and microfibres as molecular rails for regulated movement of nanosubstances

Figure 2

(a–c) Various lariat- and coil-shaped nanofibres 1 (1=0.25 wt% (3.8 mM)). (d,e) Nanofibre 1 in a microfluidic PDMS (poly(dimethylsiloxane)) device as introduced (d) and linearly aligned by electric field (e) (1=0.25 wt%, 100 mM Tris(tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane)–HCl buffer (pH 7.4)). The fields of vision for images d and e were the same and image d was obtained by applying voltage at 50 V cm−1. All images were acquired in differential interference contrast (DIC) mode. The scale bars in a–e are 10, 5, 10, 30 and 30 μm.

Back to article page