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 …

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 …

The role of architectural engineering in macromolecular self-assemblies via non-covalent interactions: A molecular LEGO approach

Z Su, R Zhang, XY Yan, QY Guo, J Huang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Macromolecular self-assembly has made explosive development in the last several
decades, are being extensively explored in the fields of drug delivery, lithography, catalysis …

Lyotropic liquid crystals as templates for advanced materials

Y Saadat, OQ Imran, CO Osuji… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) have drawn attention in numerous technical fields as they
feature a variety of nanometer-scale structures, processability, and diverse chemical …

Topological dual and extended relations between networks of clathrate hydrates and Frank-Kasper phases

Y Chen, S Takeya, AK Sum - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Clathrate hydrates are a class of ordered structures that are stabilized via the delicate
balance of hydrophobic interactions between water and guest molecules, of which the space …

[HTML][HTML] Construction Archimedean tiling patterns based on soft materials from block copolymers and covalent organic frameworks

SW Kuo - Giant, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft materials based on block copolymers or covalent organic frameworks (COFs) that
exhibit Archimedean tiling patterns have attracted significant interest due to their potential …

Mesoporous phenolic/poss hybrids induced by microphase separation arising from competitive hydrogen bonding interactions

YC Huang, WC Chen, SW Kuo - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
We used ring-opening living polymerization to synthesize various linear poly (ethylene oxide–
b–caprolactone)(PEO-b-PCL, EC) diblock copolymers featuring PCL blocks of various …

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 …