Macromolecular self-assembly has made explosive development in the last several
decades, are being extensively explored in the fields of drug delivery, lithography, catalysis …

Nested concentric structures widely exist in nature and designed systems with circles,
polygons, polyhedra, and spheres sharing the same center or axis. It still remains …

Synthetic polymers are still considered as primitive as compared to the sophisticated
polymeric machines like proteins. There is so much that synthetic materials can learn from …

Recent advances in the preparation of shape-shifting and size-growing nanostructures are
hot topics in development of nanoscience, because many intelligent functions are always …

Using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) modified by a thiol group as a protected
ligand, atom‐precise multi‐heteorocluster‐based dendrimers Ag12@ POSS6 (1 a and 1 b) …

Nanopatterns with a sub-5 nm line width are of great interest due to their potential
applications in nanotechnology. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of three …

Fast lithium ion (Li+) transport in solid-state polymer-matrix conductors is in desperate
demand in a wide range of room-temperature scenarios but remains a formidable challenge …

This feature article focuses on the recent development of giant molecules, which has
emerged at the interface among chemistry, physics, and bio-science. Their molecular …

A series of alkynylplatinum (II) terpyridine complexes functionalized with polyhedral
oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) moieties has been demonstrated to exhibit drastic color …

Control over geometric curvature and chirality of assemblies in pure aqueous media is key
to the design of responsive materials and molecular machines. Here we show how …