Thiosquaramide-based supramolecular polymers: aromaticity gain in a switched mode of self-assembly

V Saez Talens, J Davis, CH Wu, Z Wen… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite a growing understanding of factors that drive monomer self-assembly to form
supramolecular polymers, the effects of aromaticity gain have been largely ignored. Herein …

pH-responsive self-assembled nanoparticles for tumor-targeted drug delivery

H Sun, X Li, Q Liu, H Sheng, L Zhu - Journal of Drug Targeting, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advances in the field of drug delivery have opened new avenues for the
development of novel nanodrug delivery systems (NDDS) in cancer therapy. Self-assembled …

Review of Carrier-Free Self-Assembly of Anticancer Nanodrugs

H Ji, W Wang, O Qiao, X Hao - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanodrugs represent a drug delivery form that brings hope for optimal drug release due to
their inherent properties. Special carrier materials give hydrophobic drugs excellent water …

Hydrophobic domain flexibility enables morphology control of amphiphilic systems in aqueous media

I Helmers, N Bäumer, G Fernández - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we introduce the concept of hydrophobic domain flexibility to control the morphology
of aqueous assemblies. To this end, we examined two amphiphilic 4, 4-difluoro-4-bora-3a …

Influence of the Z/E Isomerism on the Pathway Complexity of a Squaramide‐Based Macrocycle

F Orvay, J Cerdá, C Rotger, E Orti, J Arago, A Costa… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rising interest on pathway complexity in supramolecular polymerization has prompted
the finding of novel monomer designs able to stabilize kinetically trapped species and …

Synthesis and Investigation of Backbone Modified Squaramide Dipeptide Self-Assembly

SD Shinde, N Kulkarni, B Sahu - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dipeptides are minimalistic peptide building blocks that form well ordered structures through
molecular self-assembly. The driving forces involved are cooperative noncovalent …

Squaramide‐Based Self‐Associating Amphiphiles for Anion Recognition

LK Kumawat, C Wynne, E Cappello, P Fisher… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis and characterisation of two novel self‐assembled amphiphiles (SSAs) SQS‐1
and SQS‐2 are reported. Both compounds, based on the squaramide motif, were fully …

Breaking Radial Dipole Symmetry in Planar Macrocycles Modulates Edge‐to‐Edge Packing and Disrupts Cofacial Stacking

Y Li, HD Castillo, JR Dobscha… - … A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dipolar interactions are ever‐present in supramolecular architectures, though their impact is
typically revealed by making dipoles stronger. While it is also possible to assess the role of …

Glycosyl squaramides, a new class of supramolecular gelators

J Ramos, S Arufe, H Martin, D Rooney, RBP Elmes… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Glycosyl squaramides were synthesised and evaluated as low molecular weight gelators.
Amphiphilic glycosyl squaramides 5 and 6, with a C-16 aliphatic chain, formed …

Solvent-directed formation of helically twisted stacking constructs via self-assembly of tris (phenylisoxazolyl) benzene dimers

Y Ono, T Hirao, T Haino - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ureido-pyrimidinone (UPy)-appended tris (phenylisoxazolyl) benzenes were synthesized.
The UPy moieties of the tris (phenylisoxazolyl) benzenes stably formed self-complementary …