Colloidal molecules and patchy particles: Complementary concepts, synthesis and self-assembly

W Li, H Palis, R Mérindol, J Majimel… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes the latest advances in the synthesis and assembly of specific colloids
such as the colloidal molecules as defined by van Blaaderen in 2003 and the patchy …

1D Colloidal chains: recent progress from formation to emergent properties and applications

X Fan, A Walther - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; ie, spheres) into higher
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …

Metal–organic polyhedron capped with cucurbit [8] uril delivers doxorubicin to cancer cells

SK Samanta, D Moncelet, V Briken… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of ligand 1 and Pd (NO3) 2 delivers Fujita-type metal–organic polyhedron
(MOP) 3 which bears 24 covalently attached methyl viologen units on its external surface, as …

Synthesis and assembly of patchy particles: Recent progress and future prospects

S Ravaine, E Duguet - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
The burgeoning need to fabricate new functional materials through the assembly of colloidal
building blocks has motivated an intensive research focused on patchy particles. A large …

Coordination-assisted reversible photoswitching of spiropyran-based platinum macrocycles

S Bhattacharyya, M Maity, A Chowdhury… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Control over the stimuli-responsive behavior of smart molecular systems can influence their
capability to execute complex functionalities. Herein, we report the development of a suite of …

Molecular recognition in the colloidal world

E Elacqua, X Zheng, C Shillingford… - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Colloidal self-assembly is a bottom-up technique to fabricate functional
nanomaterials, with paramount interest stemming from programmable assembly of smaller …

Shape‐shifting patchy particles

X Zheng, M Liu, M He, DJ Pine, M Weck - Angewandte Chemie, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A facile method to synthesize shape‐shifting patchy particles on the colloidal scale is
described. The design is based on the solvent‐induced shifting of the patch shape between …

Dynamic supramolecular polymers built from cucurbit[n]urils and viologens

HD Correia, S Chowdhury, AP Ramos… - Polymer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review article focuses on supramolecular assemblies involving cucurbit [n] uril‐based
containers and viologen guests as key building elements. Cucurbit [n] urils (CB [n], n= 5–8 …

A polyrotaxanated covalent organic network based on viologen and cucurbit [7] uril

G Das, SK Sharma, T Prakasam, F Gándara… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Since their initial presentation in 2005 by Yaghi and co-workers, covalent organic
frameworks (COFs) have been the focus of much development. Here we introduce …

Construction of protein assemblies by host–guest interactions with cucurbiturils

C Hou, Z Huang, Y Fang, J Liu - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein assemblies are extremely interesting in chemistry and supramolecular chemistry.
How to design protein assemblies with dimensional structures is important for applications …