Fluoropolymers in biomedical applications: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

J Lv, Y Cheng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluoropolymers have unique physicochemical properties such as hydrophobicity and
lipophobicity, good chemical stability and bio-inertness, low surface energy and phase …

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 …

Perylene bisimide dye assemblies as archetype functional supramolecular materials

F Würthner, CR Saha-Möller, B Fimmel… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
When many of the currently largest chemical companies were founded about 150 years ago,
textile dyes constituted their first products. Interestingly, while most of the utilized colorants …

Solute–solvent interactions in modern physical organic chemistry: Supramolecular polymers as a muse

MFJ Mabesoone, ARA Palmans… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Interactions between solvents and solutes are a cornerstone of physical organic chemistry
and have been the subject of investigations over the last century. In recent years, a renewed …

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 …

Strategies to create hierarchical self-assembled structures via cooperative non-covalent interactions

C Rest, R Kandanelli, G Fernández - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Cooperative phenomena are common processes involved in the hierarchical self-assembly
of multiple systems in nature, such as the tobacco mosaic virus and a cell's cytoskeleton …

Pathway and length control of supramolecular polymers in aqueous media via a hydrogen bonding lock

I Helmers, G Ghosh, RQ Albuquerque… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Programming the organization of π‐conjugated systems into nanostructures of defined
dimensions is a requirement for the preparation of functional materials. Herein, we have …

Supramolecular double-stranded Archimedean spirals and concentric toroids

N Sasaki, MFJ Mabesoone, J Kikkawa, T Fukui… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Connecting molecular-level phenomena to larger scales and, ultimately, to sophisticated
molecular systems that resemble living systems remains a considerable challenge in …

Unraveling halogen effects in supramolecular polymerization

J Matern, N Bäumer, G Fernández - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Halogens play a crucial role in numerous natural processes and synthetic materials due to
their unique physicochemical properties and the diverse interactions they can engage in. In …