Supramolecular helical systems: helical assemblies of small molecules, foldamers, and polymers with chiral amplification and their functions

E Yashima, N Ousaka, D Taura, K Shimomura… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this review, we describe the recent advances in supramolecular helical assemblies
formed from chiral and achiral small molecules, oligomers (foldamers), and helical and …

Polymer spherulites: A critical review

B Crist, JM Schultz - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymeric and non-polymeric materials often crystallize as spherulites when crystallized
from viscous melts or solutions at large undercooling. The essential component of a …

Spherulites

AG Shtukenberg, YO Punin, E Gunn, B Kahr - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
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50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Crystals and Crystallization: Personal Journeys in a Challenging Research Field

B Lotz, T Miyoshi, SZD Cheng - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Analyzing and understanding the structure and morphology of crystalline polymers has been
and remains to be a major challenge. Some of the issues have resisted analyses for …

Growth actuated bending and twisting of single crystals

AG Shtukenberg, YO Punin, A Gujral… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Crystals of a variety of substances including elements, minerals, simple salts, organic
molecular crystals, and high polymers forgo long‐range translational order by twisting and …

Polyferrocenylsilane block copolymer spherulites in dilute solution

J Jiang, E Nikbin, G Hicks, S Song, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of block copolymers (BCP) into uniform 3D structures in solution is an
extremely rare phenomenon. Furthermore, the investigation of general prerequisites for …

Morphology and crystallization behaviour of polyhydroxyalkanoates-based blends and composites: A review

M Eesaee, P Ghassemi, DD Nguyen, S Thomas… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have emerged as an alternative to petrochemical-based
plastics in recent decades. They are biodegradable linear polyesters that are mainly …

A comprehensive review on polymer single crystals—From fundamental concepts to applications

S Agbolaghi, S Abbaspoor, F Abbasi - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer single crystals and correlated crystalline structures are reviewed by emphasizing
the last 10–20 years of research on fundamental concepts, single crystal engineering, and …

Common occurrence of twisted molecular crystal morphologies from the melt

AG Shtukenberg, X Zhu, Y Yang… - Crystal Growth & Design, 2020 - ACS Publications
Two books that describe the forms of thin films of many molecular crystals grown from the
melt in polarized light,“Gedrillte” Kristalle (1929) by Ferdinand Bernauer and …

Reversible twisting during helical hippuric acid crystal growth

AG Shtukenberg, J Freudenthal… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Crystals grow in the mind's eye by the addition of small units to a monolith each part of which
is in fixed translational relation to every other part. Here, it is shown that growth can induce …