Proteins have long fascinated scientists since their complex sequences and diversity of
chemical functionality can lead to structurally defined folded chains with highly specific …

This critical review covers the recent progress in the research of mesogen-jacketed liquid
crystalline polymers (MJLCPs), special side-on side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with …

The preparation of new glycosylated-l-lysine-N-carboxyanhydride (glyco-K NCA) monomers
is described. These monomers employ C-linked sugars and amide linkages to lysine for …

Amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) are polymer networks composed of hydrophilic
and hydrophobic chain segments. Their applications range from soft contact lenses to …

Synthetic polypeptides introduce a powerful capability to generate macromolecular species
using the amino acid backbone found in nature, thus providing a route to biocompatible …

Novel hierarchical nanostructures based on ionically self-assembled complexes of diblock
copolypeptides and surfactants are presented. Rod− coil diblock copolypeptide poly (γ …

Liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) combine the attributes of liquid crystals and polymers,
while discotic LCPs have been less developed in sharp contrast to their calamitic …

Mesogen-jacketed liquid-crystalline polymers (MJLCPs) containing two triphenylene (Tp)
units in the side chains, denoted as PP n V (n= 3 or 6, which is the number of the methylene …

Combining the concept of “flexible spacer” which can bring liquid crystalline (LC) properties
to the side-chains and the side-group “jacketing” effect which can result in main-chain with …

In recent years, sequence-controlled side-chain liquid crystal polymers (SCLCPs) have
gained extensive interest because mesogenic units with different lengths and distributions …