Self-assembly of amphiphilic aryl-squaramides in water driven by dipolar π–π interactions

S Bujosa, E Castellanos, A Frontera… - Organic & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Squaramides are versatile compounds with a great capacity to interact via non-covalent
interactions and therefore of interest for the development of supramolecular systems and …

Shape modulation of squaramide-based supramolecular polymer nanoparticles

VS Talens, DMM Makurat, T Liu, W Dai, C Guibert… - Polymer …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the synthesis and self-assembly of a library of squaramide-based
bolaamphiphiles with variable hydrophobic and hydrophilic domain sizes, consisting of …

Supramolecular hydrogels based on minimalist amphiphilic squaramide–squaramates for controlled release of zwitterionic biomolecules

C López, M Ximenis, F Orvay… - … –A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels with tunable properties have innovative applications in
biomedicine, catalysis, and materials chemistry. Minimalist low‐molecular‐weight …

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 …

Self-assembled fibrillar networks of a multifaceted chiral squaramide: supramolecular multistimuli-responsive alcogels

J Schiller, JV Alegre-Requena, E Marqués-López… - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Chiral N, N′-disubstituted squaramide 1 has been found to undergo self-assembly in a
variety of alcoholic solvents at low concentrations leading to the formation of novel …

Water-soluble squaramide dihydrates: N-methylation modulates the occurrence of one-and two-dimensional water clusters through hydrogen bonding and dipolar …

M Ximenis, J Pitarch-Jarque, S Blasco… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Water confined in molecular size domains is distinct to bulk water. The altered interactions
between adjacent water molecules, and between water molecules and molecular wall …

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 …

π-Stacking Driven Aggregation and Folding of Squaramides

S Sen, A Basu, T Sen, GN Patwari - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Competing noncovalent interactions play a pivotal role in the folding and assembly of three-
dimensional structures, especially in flexible molecules. Calculations using density …

Self-assembling of zwitterionic squaramides through electrostatically compressed face-to-face π-stacking: a new supramolecular synthon

A Portell, M Font-Bardia, R Prohens - Crystal growth & design, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report, herein, a novel supramolecular synthon based on the electrostatic compression
phenomenon. A zwitterionic squaric acid/squaramide compound serves as a model for the …

Evidence of anion-induced dimerization of a squaramide-based host in protic solvents

MN Piña, C Rotger, B Soberats, P Ballester… - Chemical …, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Evidence of anion-induced dimerization of a squaramide-based host in protic solvents -
Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B614172B Royal Society of …