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 …

Supramolecular polymers in aqueous media

E Krieg, MMC Bastings, P Besenius… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review discusses one-dimensional supramolecular polymers that form in aqueous
media. First, naturally occurring supramolecular polymers are described, in particular …

Experimental binding energies in supramolecular complexes

F Biedermann, HJ Schneider - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
On the basis of many literature measurements, a critical overview is given on essential
noncovalent interactions in synthetic supramolecular complexes, accompanied by analyses …

Cooperative supramolecular polymers with anthracene‒endoperoxide photo-switching for fluorescent anti-counterfeiting

Z Gao, Y Han, F Wang - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Innovative technologies are highly pursued for the detection and avoidance of counterfeiting
in modern information society. Herein, we report the construction of photo-responsive …

Metallophilic interaction-mediated hierarchical assembly and temporal-controlled dynamic chirality inversion of metal–organic supramolecular polymers

L Yao, K Fu, X Wang, M He, W Zhang, PY Liu, YP He… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The study of dynamic supramolecular chirality inversion (SMCI) not only helps to deepen the
understanding of chiral transfer and amplification in both living organizations and artificially …

Pyridine-conjugated pillar [5] arene: from molecular crystals of blue luminescence to red-emissive coordination nanocrystals

XY Lou, YW Yang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
A luminescent molecular crystal (P5bipy) and a Cu (I)-coordinated luminescent nanocrystal
(Cu (I)-P5bipy) have been prepared concurrently using one conjugated pillar [5] arene …

Self‐assembly of photoresponsive molecular amphiphiles in aqueous media

S Chen, R Costil, FKC Leung… - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Amphiphilic molecules, comprising hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties and the intrinsic
propensity to self‐assemble in aqueous environment, sustain a fascinating spectrum of …

Cation–π interactions in graphene‐containing systems for water treatment and beyond

G Zhao, H Zhu - Advanced materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cation–π interactions are common in nature, especially in organisms. Their profound
influences in chemistry, physics, and biology have been continuously investigated since …

Real-time monitoring of hierarchical self-assembly and induction of circularly polarized luminescence from achiral luminogens

J Zhang, Q Liu, W Wu, J Peng, H Zhang, F Song, B He… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Constructing artificial helical structures through hierarchical self-assembly and exploring the
underlying mechanism are important, and they help gain insight from the structures …