Solute–solvent interactions in modern physical organic chemistry: Supramolecular polymers as a muse

MFJ Mabesoone, ARA Palmans… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Interactions between solvents and solutes are a cornerstone of physical organic chemistry
and have been the subject of investigations over the last century. In recent years, a renewed …

Pathway and length control of supramolecular polymers in aqueous media via a hydrogen bonding lock

I Helmers, G Ghosh, RQ Albuquerque… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Programming the organization of π‐conjugated systems into nanostructures of defined
dimensions is a requirement for the preparation of functional materials. Herein, we have …

Macroscopic Helical Assembly of One-Dimensional Coordination Polymers: Helicity Inversion Triggered by Solvent Isomerism

JG Jia, CC Zhao, YF Wei, ZM Zhai, SS Bao… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Assembling macroscopic helices with controllable chirality and understanding their
formation mechanism are highly desirable but challenging tasks for artificial systems …

Chiral and morphological anisotropy of supramolecular polymers shaped by a singularity in solvent composition

T Pal, D Chaudhuri - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the role of solvent in translating molecular anisotropy to supramolecular
polymers is in the early stages. A solvent's influence on the strength of different noncovalent …

Solvent effects on the self-assembly of an amphiphilic polypeptide incorporating α-helical hydrophobic blocks

A Nandakumar, Y Ito, M Ueda - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of biological molecules is an important pathway to understanding the
molecular basis of complex metabolic events. The presence of a cosolvent in an aqueous …

Stereoselective growth of small molecule patches on nanoparticles

J Zhou, MN Creyer, A Chen, W Yim… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Patchy nanoparticles featuring tunable surface domains with spatial and chemical specificity
are of fundamental interest, especially for creating three-dimensional (3D) colloidal …

Impact of positional isomerism on pathway complexity in aqueous media

I Helmers, B Shen, KK Kartha… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pathway complexity has become an important topic in recent years due to its relevance in
the optimization of molecular assembly processes, which typically require precise sample …

Perylene diimide-containing dynamic hyper-crosslinked ionic porous organic polymers: modulation of assembly and gas storage

SH Goudar, DS Ingle, R Sahu, S Kotha… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A strategy to synthesize hyper-crosslinked polymers with strong visible-light absorption and
abundant ionic sites is discussed. This is achieved in a one-pot reaction via the …

Supramolecular Double Helices from Small C3-Symmetrical Molecules Aggregated in Water

RPM Lafleur, S Herziger… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular fibers in water, micrometers long and several nanometers in width, are
among the most studied nanostructures for biomedical applications. These supramolecular …

Exploring the potential of benzene-1, 3, 5-tricarboxamide supramolecular polymers as biomaterials

S Varela-Aramburu, G Morgese, L Su… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fast dynamics occurring in natural processes increases the difficulty of creating
biomaterials capable of mimicking Nature. Within synthetic biomaterials, water-soluble …