a substance with many atoms in a ring-shaped structure; a cyclic macromolecule
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Furthermore, preferential adsorption was observed for the uncharged analogue of the macrocycle on a surface.
Tibor Kudernac, Natalia Shabelina, Wael Mamdouh, Sigurd Höger, Steven De Feyter 2011, 'STM visualisation of counterions and the effect of charges on self-assembled monolayersof macrocycles', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnologyhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.2.72. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The 12-membered macrocycle has a distorted chair conformation.
Casey C. Raymond, Michael A. Knopp 2015, 'Crystal structure of 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13-undecahydrocyclododeca[c]pyrazol-3-ol',Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communicationshttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989015016746. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This porphyrinate macrocycle exhibits major saddle and moderate ruffling deformations.
Soumaya Nasri, Khaireddine Ezzayani, Ilona Turowska-Tyrk, Thierry Roisnel, Habib Nasri 2016, 'Crystal structure of an unknown solvate of (piperazine-κN){5,10,15,20-tetrakis[4-(benzoyloxy)phenyl]porphyrinato-κ4N}zinc',Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communicationshttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989016009269. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The micelles of the macrocycle slowed down the release of the hydrophilic substrates in vitro.
Alina M. Ermakova, Julia E. Morozova, Yana V. Shalaeva, Victor V. Syakaev, Aidar T.Gubaidullin, Alexandra D. Voloshina, Vladimir V. Zobov, Irek R. Nizameev, Olga B.Bazanova, Igor S. Antipin, Alexander I. Konovalov 2018, 'Nanoconjugates of a calixresorcinarene derivative with methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)fragments for drug encapsulation', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnologyhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.195. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)