Supramolecular polymerization through kinetic pathway control and living chain growth

M Wehner, F Würthner - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Supramolecular polymers exhibit fascinating structures, and their properties, and thus
applications, depend both on the strength and dynamics of the non-covalent bonds and on …

Revising complex supramolecular polymerization under kinetic and thermodynamic control

J Matern, Y Dorca, L Sánchez… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pathway complexity, hierarchical organization, out of equilibrium, and metastable or
kinetically trapped species are common terms widely used in recent, high‐quality …

Toward the design and construction of supramolecular functional molecular materials based on metal–metal interactions

MHY Chan, VWW Yam - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular functional materials represent an emerging class of materials that have
been governed by the supramolecular chemistry of self-assembled molecules. Such high …

Self-sorted, random, and block supramolecular copolymers via sequence controlled, multicomponent self-assembly

A Sarkar, R Sasmal, C Empereur-Mot… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Multicomponent supramolecular copolymerization promises to construct complex
nanostructures with emergent properties. However, even with two monomeric components …

Pathway Control of π‐Conjugated Supramolecular Polymers by Incorporating Donor‐Acceptor Functionality

F Wang, R Liao, F Wang - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the nanoscale orientation of π‐conjugated systems remains challenging due to
the complexity of multiple energy landscapes involved in the supramolecular assembly …

Insight into the structures and dynamics of organic semiconductors through solid-state NMR spectroscopy

M Seifrid, GNM Reddy, BF Chmelka… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Organic semiconductors (OSCs) are of fundamental and technological interest, owing to
their properties and functions in a range of optoelectronic devices, including organic light …

Stereoselective primary and secondary nucleation events in multicomponent seeded supramolecular polymerization

S Sarkar, A Sarkar, A Som, SS Agasti… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioinspired, kinetically controlled seeded growth has been recently shown to provide length,
dispersity, and sequence control on the primary structure of dynamic supramolecular …

Supramolecular Polymer Polymorphism: Spontaneous Helix–Helicoid Transition through Dislocation of Hydrogen-Bonded π-Rosettes

C Otsuka, S Takahashi, A Isobe, T Saito… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymorphism, a phenomenon whereby disparate self-assembled products can be formed
from identical molecules, has incited interest in the field of supramolecular polymers …

Pathway-controlled aqueous supramolecular polymerization via solvent-dependent chain conformation effects

L Borsdorf, L Herkert, N Bäumer… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Solute–solvent interactions play a critical role in multiple fields, including biology, materials
science, and (physical) organic, polymer, and supramolecular chemistry. Within the growing …

Pathway and length control of supramolecular polymers in aqueous media via a hydrogen bonding lock

I Helmers, G Ghosh, RQ Albuquerque… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Programming the organization of π‐conjugated systems into nanostructures of defined
dimensions is a requirement for the preparation of functional materials. Herein, we have …