Supramolecular polymer chemistry: From structural control to functional assembly

B Qin, Z Yin, X Tang, S Zhang, Y Wu, JF Xu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interplay between polymer science and supramolecular chemistry leads to formation of
various supramolecular polymeric systems. Owing to the dynamic nature of noncovalent …

Progress in the self-assembly of organic/inorganic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) hybrids

MG Mohamed, SW Kuo - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This Review describes recent progress in the self-assembly of organic/inorganic POSS
hybrids derived from mono-, di-, and multi-functionalized POSS cages. We highlight the self …

Frank–Kasper phases in block polymers

KD Dorfman - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the Frank–Kasper σ phase in diblock copolymer and tetrablock terpolymer
melts catalyzed a renewed interest over the past decade in understanding particle-forming …

A columnar liquid quasicrystal with a honeycomb structure that consists of triangular, square and trapezoidal cells

X Zeng, B Glettner, U Baumeister, B Chen, G Ungar… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Quasicrystals are intriguing structures that have long-range positional correlations but no
periodicity in real space, and typically with rotational symmetries that are 'forbidden'in …

Expanding quasiperiodicity in soft matter: Supramolecular decagonal quasicrystals by binary giant molecule blends

Y Liu, T Liu, XY Yan, QY Guo, H Lei… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The quasiperiodic structures in metal alloys have been known to depend on the existence of
icosahedral order in the melt. Among different phases observed in intermetallics, decagonal …

Identification of a Frank–Kasper Z phase from shape amphiphile self-assembly

Z Su, CH Hsu, Z Gong, X Feng, J Huang, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Frank–Kasper phases, a family of ordered structures formed from particles with spherical
motifs, are found in a host of materials, such as metal alloys, inorganic colloids and various …

Stability of the A15 phase in diblock copolymer melts

MW Bates, J Lequieu, SM Barbon… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The self-assembly of block polymers into well-ordered nanostructures underpins their utility
across fundamental and applied polymer science, yet only a handful of equilibrium …

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 …

Discrete block copolymers with diverse architectures: resolving complex spherical phases with one monomer resolution

Y Sun, R Tan, Z Ma, Z Gan, G Li, D Zhou… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This work describes the first rigorous example of a single-component block copolymer
system forming unconventional spherical phases. A library of discrete block polymers with …

Crystallization of binary nanocrystal superlattices and the relevance of short-range attraction

E Marino, RA LaCour, TC Moore, SW van Dongen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The synthesis of binary nanocrystal superlattices (BNSLs) enables the targeted integration
of orthogonal physical properties, such as photoluminescence and magnetism, into a single …