Supramolecular helical systems: helical assemblies of small molecules, foldamers, and polymers with chiral amplification and their functions

E Yashima, N Ousaka, D Taura, K Shimomura… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this review, we describe the recent advances in supramolecular helical assemblies
formed from chiral and achiral small molecules, oligomers (foldamers), and helical and …

Supramolecular chirality in self-assembled systems

M Liu, L Zhang, T Wang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Chirality is a basic characteristic of living matter and nature. During the evolution of life on
our planet, nature has favored one kind of chirality, thereby selecting the l-amino acids (with …

[HTML][HTML] Stimuli-responsive synthetic helical polymers

M Lago-Silva, M Fernández-Míguez… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic dynamic helical polymers (supramolecular and covalent) and foldamers share the
helix as a structural motif. Although the materials are different, these systems also share …

Circularly polarized luminescence polymers: From design to applications

S Yang, S Zhang, F Hu, J Han, F Li - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials have received extensive interest due to
their unique optical activity. An increasing number of research endeavors were focused on …

Helical polymers: synthesis, structures, and functions

E Yashima, K Maeda, H Iida, Y Furusho… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The helix is the central structural motif in biological macromolecules, such as DNA and
proteins, and is also the ubiquitous object in nature from microscopic to macroscopic points …

Super-assembled chiral mesostructured heteromembranes for smart and sensitive couple-accelerated enantioseparation

Y Huang, H Zeng, L Xie, R Gao, S Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the context of sustainable development, chirality, especially chiral drugs, has attracted
great interest in the pharmaceutical industry, yet the smart and sensitive separation of …

Helical polymers with dynamic and static macromolecular helicity memory: The power of helicity memory for helical polymer synthesis and applications

E Yashima, K Maeda - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In this Account, we describe the recent progress in the synthesis and unique features and
functions of helical polymers with a controlled handedness based on the noncovalent …

Switchable enantioseparation based on macromolecular memory of a helical polyacetylene in the solid state

K Shimomura, T Ikai, S Kanoh, E Yashima, K Maeda - Nature chemistry, 2014 - nature.com
In the chromatographic separation of enantiomers the order of elution is determined by the
strength of diasteromeric interactions between the components of the mixture and a chiral …

Control of dynamic helicity at the macro-and supramolecular level

D Pijper, BL Feringa - Soft Matter, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, various systems developed in recent years which aim to control dynamic
helicity at the macro-and supramolecular level are discussed. The strong interactions …

Unexpectedly strong chiral amplification of chiral/achiral and chiral/chiral copolymers of biphenylylacetylenes and further enhancement/inversion and memory of the …

R Ishidate, AJ Markvoort, K Maeda… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report an unexpectedly strong amplification of the macromolecular helicity in dynamic
helical copolymers of chiral/achiral and chiral/chiral (R/S) biphenylylacetylenes in which the …