Self-organization of natural nanostructures controlled by noncovalent interactions is an
important topic in biophysics. In most cases, such as protein folding, biological self-assembly …

The evolution of homochirality in nature is still not clearly understood despite the fact that
this intriguing natural phenomenon has attracted generations of researchers of various …

In this account we report on the self‐assembly of bis (merocyanine) dyes into helical
nanorods by emphasizing the kinetic pathways and the mechanistic aspects leading to …

Conspectus π-Conjugation between heterocyclic donor (D) and acceptor (A) groups via a
polymethine chain leads to dyes with dipole moments greater than 10 D. These dipole …

J‐aggregates are highly desired dye aggregates but so far there has been no general
concept how to accomplish the required slip‐stacked packing arrangement for dipolar …

Step by step: Bis (merocyanine) dyes 1 self-assemble in a stepwise manner with increasing
concentration to afford supramolecular polymers, organogels, and liquid-crystalline phases …

Here we report a synthetic protocol toward a merocyanine (MC) pentamer 1 which
represents the first merocyanine oligomer longer than a dimer. By continuously decreasing …

Functional dyes have gained increased attention because of the growing demands for low-
cost and low-molecular-weight materials applicable to organic photovoltaic devices.[1] The …

A series of well-defined chromophore stacks is obtained upon self-assembly of merocyanine
and bis (merocyanine) dyes in nonpolar solvents. Careful design of the spacer moieties …

A bis (squaraine) dye equipped with alkyl and oligoethyleneglycol chains was synthesized
by connecting two dicyanomethylene substituted squaraine dyes with a phenylene spacer …