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 …

Helical polymers: synthesis, structures, and functions

E Yashima, K Maeda, H Iida, Y Furusho… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The helix is the central structural motif in biological macromolecules, such as DNA and
proteins, and is also the ubiquitous object in nature from microscopic to macroscopic points …

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 …

Advances in atomic force microscopy for probing polymer structure and properties

D Wang, TP Russell - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

Understanding the mechanism of gelation and stimuli-responsive nature of a class of metallo-supramolecular gels

W Weng, JB Beck, AM Jamieson… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Utilizing metal− ligand binding as the driving force for self-assembly of a ditopic ligand,
which consists of a 2, 6-bis-(1 '-methylbenzimidazolyl)-4-oxypyridine moiety attached to …

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 …

Reversible photoinduced twisting of molecular crystal microribbons

L Zhu, RO Al-Kaysi, CJ Bardeen - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
9-Anthracenecarboxylic acid, a molecule that undergoes a reversible [4+ 4]
photodimerization, is prepared in the form of oriented crystalline microribbons. When …