Hierarchical materials from high information content macromolecular building blocks: construction, dynamic interventions, and prediction

L Shao, J Ma, JL Prelesnik, Y Zhou, M Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hierarchical materials that exhibit order over multiple length scales are ubiquitous in nature.
Because hierarchy gives rise to unique properties and functions, many have sought …

Molecular self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry of cyclic peptides

Q Song, Z Cheng, M Kariuki, SCL Hall, SK Hill… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This Review focuses on the establishment and development of self-assemblies governed by
the supramolecular interactions between cyclic peptides. The Review first describes the type …

Recent advances in controlling the internal and external properties of self-assembling cyclic peptide nanotubes and dimers

N Rodríguez-Vázquez, M Amorín… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most powerful strategies for the preparation of nanotubes is based on the
stacking of flat-shaped cyclic peptide components. This strategy allows precise control of the …

Dynamic Control of Cyclic Peptide Assembly to Form Higher‐Order Assemblies

C Wu, H Zhang, N Kong, B Wu, X Lin… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality correction, asymmetry, ring‐chain tautomerism and hierarchical assemblies are
fundamental phenomena in nature. They are geometrically related and may impact the …

Self-assembling molecular capsules based on α, γ-cyclic peptides

HL Ozores, M Amorín, JR Granja - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A new capsule based on a β-sheet self-assembling cyclic peptide with the ability to
recognize and release several guests is described. The host structure is composed of two …

Enforced Tubular Assembly of Electronically Different Hexakis(m-Phenylene Ethynylene) Macrocycles: Persistent Columnar Stacking Driven by Multiple Hydrogen …

Y Zhong, Y Yang, Y Shen, W Xu, Q Wang… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hexakis (m-phenylene ethynylene)(m-PE) macrocycles 1–4, sharing the same hydrogen-
bonding side chains but having backbones of different electronic properties, are designed to …

New self-assembling peptide nanotubes of large diameter using δ-amino acids

A Lamas, A Guerra, M Amorín, JR Granja - Chemical Science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Here we show that 4-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid is a rigid stretcher building block for
the preparation of cyclic peptides that self-assemble to form peptide nanotubes with large …

Effect of water models on transmembrane self-assembled cyclic peptide nanotubes

M Calvelo, CI Lynch, JR Granja, MSP Sansom… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Self-assembling cyclic peptide nanotubes can form nanopores when they are inserted in
lipid bilayers, acting as ion and/or water permeable channels. In order to improve the …

Advances in hybrid peptide-based self-assembly systems and their applications

A Boruah, A Roy - Biomaterials Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of peptides demonstrates a great potential for designing highly ordered, finely
tailored supramolecular arrangements enriched with high specificity, improved efficacy and …

Water-soluble pillar [5] arene induced the morphology transformation of self-assembled nanostructures and had further application in paraquat detection

Y Sun, W Fu, C Chen, J Wang, Y Yao - Chemical Communications, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Well-defined nanostructures were constructed by self-assembling hexamethylenediamine-
functionalized tetrachloroperylene bisimides (compound A) in water/acetone. These …