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 …

Precision Sequence‐Defined Polymers: From Sequencing to Biological Functions

Q Shi, Z Zhang, S Liu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Precise sequence‐defined polymers (SDPs) with uniform chain‐to‐chain structure including
chain length, unit sequence, and end functionalities represent the pinnacle of sophistication …

Digital micelles of encoded polymeric amphiphiles for direct sequence reading and ex vivo label-free quantification

Q Shi, H Yin, R Song, J Xu, J Tan, X Zhou, J Cen… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Identification and quantification of synthetic polymers in complex biological milieu are crucial
for delivery, sensing and scaffolding functions, but conventional techniques based on …

Controlled Self‐Assembly of Discrete Amphiphilic Oligourethanes with a Cascade Self‐Immolative Motif

J Xu, C Lv, Q Shi, J Zhang, N Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Discrete polymers offer an excellent platform for comprehending the interplay between
precise chain structures, distinctive self‐assembly behavior, and functional applications …

Thermosensitive Vesicles from Chemically Encoded Lipid‐Grafted Elastin‐like Polypeptides

V Ibrahimova, H Zhao, E Ibarboure… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomimetic design to afford smart functional biomaterials with exquisite properties
represents synthetic challenges and provides unique perspectives. In this context, elastin …

Superlattice engineering with chemically precise molecular building blocks

XY Yan, QY Guo, XY Liu, Y Wang, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Correlating nanoscale building blocks with mesoscale superlattices, mimicking metal alloys,
a rational engineering strategy becomes critical to generate designed periodicity with …

Recent advances in versatile inverse lyotropic liquid crystals

X Shan, L Luo, Z Yu, J You - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to the rapid and significant progress in advanced materials and life sciences,
nanotechnology is increasingly gaining in popularity. Among numerous bio-mimicking …

Controlled fabrication of uniform digital nanorods from precise sequence-defined amphiphilic polymers in aqueous media

QQ Shi, X Zhou, J Xu, N Wang, JL Zhang, XL Hu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Compared with spherical micelles, rod/worm-like micelles not only have extended blood
circulation duration, but also exhibit favorable cellular uptake behavior, which is promising …

Extraordinary acceleration of cogwheel helical self-organization of dendronized perylene bisimides by the dendron sequence encoding their tertiary structure

L Wang, BE Partridge, N Huang, JT Olsen… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The cogwheel model of hierarchical self-organization provides a route to highly ordered
crystalline helical columnar hexagonal arrays of perylene bisimides (PBIs) conjugated to (3 …

A novel one-step strategy for extraction and solidification of Th (IV) based on self-assembly driven by malonamide-based [DC18DMA]+ ionic liquids

Q Wu, F Zhang, QG Huang, X Fu, Y Li, XX Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Three novel [DC 18 DMA]+ ionic liquids (ILs) with N, N-dialkyl-malonamic acid (MA)
anions was synthesized, which was applied for extraction of thorium ions in nitric acid …