Dendron-mediated self-assembly, disassembly, and self-organization of complex systems

BM Rosen, CJ Wilson, DA Wilson, M Peterca… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
1.1 Background Dendrimers and dendrons are architectural motifs synthesized by either
divergent or convergent iterative methods, and therefore, they provide monodisperse …

Mimicking the cell: bio-inspired functions of supramolecular assemblies

Y Tu, F Peng, A Adawy, Y Men… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The successful assembly of large supramolecular structures infers a delicate balance
between reversible noncovalent interactions which are capable of undergoing correction …

From structure to function via complex supramolecular dendrimer systems

HJ Sun, S Zhang, V Percec - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review summarizes strategies elaborated for the discovery and prediction of
programmed primary structures derived from quasi-equivalent constitutional isomeric …

Modular synthesis of amphiphilic Janus glycodendrimers and their self-assembly into glycodendrimersomes and other complex architectures with bioactivity to …

V Percec, P Leowanawat, HJ Sun… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The modular synthesis of 7 libraries containing 51 self-assembling amphiphilic Janus
dendrimers with the monosaccharides d-mannose and d-galactose and the disaccharide d …

Helical self-organizations and emerging functions in architectures, biological and synthetic macromolecules

V Percec, Q Xiao - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Helical architectures including artwork and monuments, such us the Trajan's column from
Rome, were constructed as early as in the year 113 while the assemblies and the self …

Liquid crystal engineering–new complex mesophase structures and their relations to polymer morphologies, nanoscale patterning and crystal engineering

C Tschierske - Chemical Society Reviews, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review focuses on recent progress in the field of T-shaped ternary amphiphiles.
These molecules can self-assemble into a series of new liquid crystalline (LC) phases with …

Dendrimers derived from 1→ 3 branching motifs

GR Newkome, C Shreiner - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
In 2008, we overviewed1 poly (amido amine) s, polypropylenimines, and related dendrimers
and dendrons possessing diverse 1 f 2 branching patterns that were predominately made …

Low-symmetry sphere packings of simple surfactant micelles induced by ionic sphericity

SA Kim, KJ Jeong, A Yethiraj… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Supramolecular self-assembly enables access to designer soft materials that typically
exhibit high-symmetry packing arrangements, which optimize the interactions between their …

Liquid crystalline dendrimers

B Donnio, S Buathong, I Bury, D Guillon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the field of liquid crystalline
dendrimers. Such a fast development is, among other things, driven by the multiple …

Supermolecular liquid crystals

IM Saez, JW Goodby - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article we review recent work on the development and study of the properties of self-
organising supermolecular and supramolecular materials, that are in size comparable to …