Supramolecular materials

DB Amabilino, DK Smith, JW Steed - Chemical society reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular material properties depend upon the contacts between and the arrangement of
the component parts, and therefore supramolecular chemistry has developed a highly …

Supramolecular gels–a panorama of low-molecular-weight gelators from ancient origins to next-generation technologies

DK Smith - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular gels, self-assembled from low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs), have a
long history and a bright future. This review provides an overview of these materials, from …

Co-crystallization and small molecule crystal form diversity: from pharmaceutical to materials applications

S Cherukuvada, R Kaur, TNG Row - CrystEngComm, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Co-crystallization is the supramolecular phenomenon of aggregation of two or more different
chemical entities in a crystalline lattice through non-covalent interactions. It encompasses …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical polymorph control in a drug-mimetic supramolecular gel

JA Foster, KK Damodaran, A Maurin… - Chemical …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report the synthesis of a bis (urea) gelator designed to specifically mimic the chemical
structure of the highly polymorphic drug substance ROY. Crystallization of ROY from toluene …

Spatially confined growth of fullerene to super‐long crystalline fibers in supramolecular gels for high‐performance photodetector

K Liu, S Gao, Z Zheng, X Deng, S Mukherjee… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As a superstar organic semiconductor, fullerene (C60) is versatile in nature for its multiple
photoelectric applications. However, owing to its natural 0D structure, a challenge still …

21st century developments in the understanding and control of molecular solids

JW Steed - Chemical communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The first decades of the 21st Century have seen very significant advances in the
understanding, prediction and control of molecular solids. Advances in crystallization …

Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox

R Contreras-Montoya, LÁ de Cienfuegos… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular gels are unique materials formed through the self-assembly of molecular
building blocks, typically low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs), driven by non-covalent …

A π-gel scaffold for assembling fullerene to photoconducting supramolecular rods

VS Nair, RD Mukhopadhyay, A Saeki, S Seki… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Nonequilibrium self-assembly of molecules holds a huge prospect as a tool for obtaining
new-generation materials for future applications. Crystallization of neutral molecules within a …

Spatially Confined Face‐Selective Growth of Large‐Area 2D Organic Molecular Crystals in a Supramolecular Gel for Highly Efficient Flexible Photodetection

C Shen, P Han, Z Zheng, W Jiang, S Gao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D organic molecular crystals (2DOMCs) are promising materials for the fabrication
of high‐performance optoelectronic devices. However, the growth of organic molecules into …

Annealing multicomponent supramolecular gels

AM Fuentes-Caparrós, F de Paula Gómez-Franco… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Annealing is widely used as a means of changing the physical properties of a material. The
rate of heating and cooling used in the annealing process controls the final properties …