Fig. 4
From: Mapping the energy landscapes of supramolecular assembly by thermal hysteresis
Quantitative free energy diagrams for supramolecular assembly by TH. a TG4T assembly at 45 (red) and 5 °C (blue). At 5 °C (experimental n ≈ 2.75), the dimer barrier dominates. The trimer and tetramer barriers become dominant at 45 °C (experimental n ≈ 3.5). b Poly(A) fiber formation at 30 (red) and 20 °C (blue) assuming a nucleus size of 3 poly(A) strands. The reaction coordinate is truncated at the hexamer. Longer fibers form from step-wise association of monomers as indicated by the black arrow. In both panels, n values indicating assembly molecularities are given above the black brackets
