In nature, the self-assembly of sequence-specific biopolymers into hierarchical structures
plays an essential role in the construction of functional biomaterials. To develop synthetic …

Different classes of foldamers, which are synthetic oligomers that adopt well-defined
conformations in solution, have been the subject of extensive studies devoted to the …

Elucidating the effect of charge sequence on polyelectrolyte conformation is important to
understanding many biophysical processes and advancing the design of sequence-defined …

Biomolecular assembly is a key driving force in nearly all life processes, providing structure,
information storage, and communication within cells and at the whole organism level. These …

Supramolecular two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials from block copolymers have received
great interest for their unique structure and properties. Here, we report the formation of …

The ability to engineer synthetic polymers with the same structural precision as
biomacromolecules is crucial to enable the de novo design of robust nanomaterials with …

The conformations adopted by the molecular constituents of a supramolecular assembly
influence its large-scale order. At the same time, the interactions made in assemblies by …

The ability to program chain conformation and structure through control over the monomer
sequence of synthetic polymers has broad implications for next-generation material design …

Liquid-crystallization-driven self-assembly (LCDSA) is an emerging methodology, which has
been employed to construct controllable 1D nanostructures. However, 2D nanostructures via …

Peptoids are a family of sequence-defined, non-natural biomimetic polymers which show
excellent properties including good chemical and enzymatic stability and high structural …