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 …

Toward the design and construction of supramolecular functional molecular materials based on metal–metal interactions

MHY Chan, VWW Yam - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular functional materials represent an emerging class of materials that have
been governed by the supramolecular chemistry of self-assembled molecules. Such high …

Double-helical assembly of heterodimeric nanoclusters into supercrystals

Y Li, M Zhou, Y Song, T Higaki, H Wang, R Jin - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
DNA has long been used as a template for the construction of helical assemblies of
inorganic nanoparticles,,,–. For example, gold nanoparticles decorated with DNA (or with …

Boosting circularly polarized luminescence performance by a double π-helix and heteroannulation

Y Liu, Z Ma, Z Wang, W Jiang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Design challenges in the development of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials
are focused on balancing the luminescence dissymmetry factor (g lum) and …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial molecular machines

S Erbas-Cakmak, DA Leigh, CT McTernan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

New modalities for challenging targets in drug discovery

E Valeur, SM Guéret, H Adihou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Our ever‐increasing understanding of biological systems is providing a range of exciting
novel biological targets, whose modulation may enable novel therapeutic options for many …

Engineering precise sequence-defined polymers for advanced functions

Q Shi, Z Deng, M Hou, X Hu, S Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike natural macromolecules (eg, nucleic acids and proteins) possessing precisely
defined molar mass, chain sequence, chirality, and topology, synthetic polymers are typically …

Single crystals of mechanically entwined helical covalent polymers

Y Hu, SJ Teat, W Gong, Z Zhou, Y Jin, H Chen, J Wu… - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Double helical conformation of polymer chains is widely observed in biomacromolecules
and plays an essential role in exerting their biological functions, such as molecular …

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 …

Aromatic amide foldamers: structures, properties, and functions

DW Zhang, X Zhao, JL Hou, ZT Li - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
The past several decades have witnessed great progress in the understanding of the high-
order structure of biomacromolecules. Currently, it is well-recognized that folding of proteins …