Emerging applications for living crystallization-driven self-assembly

L MacFarlane, C Zhao, J Cai, H Qiu, I Manners - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of crystallization as a tool to control the self-assembly of polymeric and molecular
amphiphiles in solution is attracting growing attention for the creation of non-spherical …

Group 16 conjugated polymers based on furan, thiophene, selenophene, and tellurophene

S Ye, V Lotocki, H Xu, DS Seferos - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Five-membered aromatic rings containing Group 16 elements (O, S, Se, and Te), also
referred as chalcogenophenes, are ubiquitous building blocks for π-conjugated polymers …

π-Conjugated-polymer-based nanofibers through living crystallization-driven self-assembly: preparation, properties and applications

J Ma, G Lu, X Huang, C Feng - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
π-Conjugated-polymer-based nanofibers (CPNFs) of controlled length, composition and
morphology are promising for a broad range of emerging applications in optoelectronics …

Heterometallic macromolecules: Synthesis, properties and multiple nanomaterial applications

F Liu, X Liu, T Abdiryim, H Gu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Metallomacromolecules allow developing advanced materials with various characteristic
properties including inter alia optoelectronics, conductivity, magnetism, self-healing …

Self‐Assembly of Copolymers Containing Crystallizable Blocks: Strategies and Applications

B Shi, D Shen, W Li, G Wang - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of copolymers containing crystallizable blocks in solution has received
increasing attention in the past few years. Various strategies including crystallization‐driven …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements in polymer science: A review

S Valdez, M Robertson, Z Qiang - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a non‐invasive characterization method
for studying molecular structures and dynamics, providing high spatial resolution at …

Anchorage-dependent living supramolecular self-assembly of polymeric micelles

Z Tang, L Gao, J Lin, C Cai, Y Yao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Anchorage-dependent contact-inhibited growth usually refers to on-surface cell proliferation
inhibited by the proximity of other cells. This phenomenon, prominent in nature, has yet to be …

Driving forces and molecular interactions in the self-assembly of block copolymers to form fiber-like micelles

Y He, Y Tang, Y Zhang, L MacFarlane… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT One-dimensional (1D) nanoscale objects abundant in nature commonly
possess hierarchical structures and are generally constructed via bottom-up self-assembly …

Exploring the “Living” Growth of Block Copolymer Nanofibers from Surface-Confined Seeds by In Situ Solution-Phase Atomic Force Microscopy

RL Harniman, S Pearce, I Manners - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Living crystallization-driven self-assembly of polymeric and molecular amphiphiles is of
growing interest as a seeded growth route to uniform 1D, 2D, and more complex micellar …

Formation of Size‐Controllable Tetragonal Nanoprisms by Crystallization‐Directed Ionic Self‐Assembly of Anionic Porphyrin and PEO‐Containing Triblock Cationic …

H Jin, Z Wu, W Lin, Y Chen, J Zhang, R Zheng, H Wei… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The creation of anisotropic nanostructures with precise size control is desirable for new
properties and functions, but it is challenging for ionic self‐assembly (ISA) because of the …