Photoresponsive Supramolecular Polymers: From Light‐Controlled Small Molecules to Smart Materials

F Xu, BL Feringa - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photoresponsive supramolecular polymers are well‐organized assemblies based on highly
oriented and reversible noncovalent interactions containing photosensitive molecules as (co …

Aggregation‐induced emission‐active gels: fabrications, functions, and applications

Z Li, X Ji, H Xie, BZ Tang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chromophores that exhibit aggregation‐induced emission (ie, aggregation‐induced
emission luminogens [AIEgens]) emit intense fluorescence in their aggregated states, but …

Acylhydrazine-based reticular hydrogen bonds enable robust, tough, and dynamic supramolecular materials

Y Deng, Q Zhang, C Shi, R Toyoda, DH Qu, H Tian… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Supramolecular materials are widely recognized among the most promising candidates for
future generations of sustainable plastics because of their dynamic functions. However, the …

Shaping and structuring supramolecular gels

PRA Chivers, DK Smith - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Supramolecular gels assemble via non-covalent interactions between low-molecular-weight
gelators (LMWGs). The gels form a solid-like nanoscale network spanning a liquid-like …

[PDF][PDF] Low-molecular-weight gels: the state of the art

ER Draper, DJ Adams - Chem, 2017 - cell.com
Low-molecular-weight gels are currently a hugely important class of materials that are
attracting significant interest. These gels are formed when small molecules self-assemble …

The halogen bond

G Cavallo, P Metrangolo, R Milani, T Pilati… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an
electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic …

Personal perspective on understanding low molecular weight gels

DJ Adams - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Low molecular weight gels are formed by the self-assembly of small molecules into
anisotropic structures that form a network capable of immobilizing the solvent. Such gels are …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale self-assembly for therapeutic delivery

S Yadav, AK Sharma, P Kumar - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Self-assembly is the process of association of individual units of a material into highly
arranged/ordered structures/patterns. It imparts unique properties to both inorganic and …

Double helical π-aggregate nanoarchitectonics for amplified circularly polarized luminescence

Y Wang, D Niu, G Ouyang, M Liu - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The canonical double helical π-stacked array of base pairs within DNA interior has inspired
the interest in supramolecular double helical architectures with advanced electronic …

Multicomponent peptide assemblies

DM Raymond, BL Nilsson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …