Stimuli responsive dynamic transformations in supramolecular gels

S Panja, DJ Adams - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular gels are formed by the self-assembly of small molecules under the
influence of various non-covalent interactions. As the interactions are individually weak and …

Insights into chemically fueled supramolecular polymers

A Sharko, D Livitz, S De Piccoli, KJM Bishop… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular polymerization can be controlled in space and time by chemical fuels. A
nonassembled monomer is activated by the fuel and subsequently self-assembles into a …

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 …

Supramolecular polymerization: a conceptual expansion for innovative materials

PK Hashim, J Bergueiro, EW Meijer, T Aida - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The research field of supramolecular polymerization has dramatically progressed in the last
three decades, and much deeper insights into its new mechanisms, including kinetic and …

Nanoarchitectonics beyond self‐assembly: challenges to create bio‐like hierarchic organization

K Ariga, X Jia, J Song, JP Hill… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporation of non‐equilibrium actions in the sequence of self‐assembly processes would
be an effective means to establish bio‐like high functionality hierarchical assemblies. As a …

Supramolecular polymers–we've come full circle

T Aida, EW Meijer - Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Since the first polymers were discovered, scientists have debated their structures. Before
Hermann Staudinger published the brilliant concept of macromolecules, polymer properties …

Systems chemistry of peptide-assemblies for biochemical transformations

A Chatterjee, A Reja, S Pal, D Das - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
During the billions of years of the evolutionary journey, primitive polymers, involved in proto
metabolic pathways with low catalytic activity, played critical roles in the emergence of …

Nanoparticle self-assembly: from design principles to complex matter to functional materials

A Rao, S Roy, V Jain, PP Pillai - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The creation of matter with varying degrees of complexities and desired functions is one of
the ultimate targets of self-assembly. The ability to regulate the complex interactions …

Secondary nucleation-triggered physical cross-links and tunable stiffness in seeded supramolecular hydrogels

R Laishram, S Sarkar, I Seth, N Khatun… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mechanistic understanding and the control of molecular self-assembly at all hierarchical
levels remain grand challenges in supramolecular chemistry. Functional realization of …

ATP‐induced emergent circularly polarized luminescence and encryption

H Fan, K Li, T Tu, X Zhu, L Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biomimetic ATP‐driven supramolecular assembly is important to understand various
biological processes and dissipative systems. Here, we report an ATP‐driven chiral …