Self-assembly of fullerene C 60-based amphiphiles in solutions

J Li, M Chen, S Zhou, H Li, J Hao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerene C60 is an all-carbon cage molecule with rich physicochemical properties. It is
highly symmetric and hydrophobic, which can be used as a building block for the …

Recent advances in organic–inorganic well-defined hybrid polymers using controlled living radical polymerization techniques

Z Zhang, P Zhang, Y Wang, W Zhang - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid organic–inorganic materials comprised of well-defined polymers have been widely
recognized for a variety of applications due to their extraordinary properties based on the …

A noncrystallization approach toward uniform thylakoids-like 2D “nano-coins” and their grana-like 3D suprastructures

Z Lin, J Sun, Y Zhou, Y Wang, H Xu… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) circular shape nanostructures (eg,“nano-coins”) are ubiquitously
present in thylakoids and grana within chloroplasts of plant cells in nature. The design and …

Strong co-ion effect via cation− π interaction on the self-assembly of metal–organic cationic macrocycles

B Qi, X Guo, Y Gao, D Li, J Luo, H Li… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The predesigned metal–organic macrocycle Zn3QDB3 (NO3) 4 (Zn-QDB) was observed to
self-assemble into a hollow, spherical, single-layered “blackberry”-type structure. The self …

Rationally controlling the self-assembly behavior of triarmed POSS–organic hybrid macromolecules: from giant surfactants to macroions

W Zhang, Y Chu, G Mu, SA Eghtesadi, Y Liu… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two triarmed organic–inorganic hybrid materials based on carboxylic acid-functionalized
polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (APOSS) with/without PS linkers are designed and …

Expanding the Schulze–Hardy Rule and the Hofmeister Series to Nanometer‐Scaled Hydrophilic Macroions

Y Chu, J Chen, F Haso, Y Gao… - … A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Schulze–Hardy rule is a well‐established observation in colloid science (can
be derived from the DLVO theory) that demonstrates the relationship between the critical …

Side Group of Hydrophobic Amino Acids Controls Chiral Discrimination among Chiral Counterions and Metal–Organic Cages

E Raee, B Liu, Y Yang, T Namani, Y Cui, N Sahai… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of chiral Pd12L24 metal–organic cages (MOCs) based on hydrophobic
amino acids, including alanine (Ala), valine (Val), and leucine (Leu), into single-layered …

Elucidating the origin of the attractive force among hydrophilic macroions

Z Liu, T Liu, M Tsige - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Coarse-grained simulation approach is applied to provide a general understanding of
various soluble, hydrophilic macroionic solutions, especially the strong attractions among …

Tuning of polyoxopalladate macroanionic hydration shell via countercation interaction

J He, H Li, P Yang, F Haso, J Wu, T Li… - … –A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Three types of macroanion–countercation interactions in dilute solution, decided by the
strength of electrostatic attraction and the change of hydration shells are reported: minor …

Competition and cooperation among different attractive forces in solutions of inorganic–organic hybrids containing macroionic clusters

J Luo, T Liu - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hybrids composed of nanoscale inorganic clusters and organic ligands are ideal models for
understanding the different attractive forces during the self-assembly processes of complex …