Modulating the molecular geometry and solution self-assembly of amphiphilic polypeptoid block copolymers by side chain branching pattern

L Kang, A Chao, M Zhang, T Yu, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Solution self-assembly of coil-crystalline diblock copolypeptoids has attracted increasing
attention due to its capability to form hierarchical nanostructures with tailorable …

Diblock copolypeptoids: a review of phase separation, crystallization, self-assembly and biological applications

S Xuan, RN Zuckermann - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polypeptoids are biocompatible, synthetically accessible, chemically and enzymatically
stable, chemically diverse, and structurally controllable. As a bioinspired and biomimetic …

Solution self-assembly of coil-crystalline diblock copolypeptoids bearing alkyl side chains

N Jiang, D Zhang - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polypeptoids, a class of synthetic peptidomimetic polymers, have attracted increasing
attention due to their potential for biotechnological applications, such as drug/gene delivery …

Hierarchical supramolecular assembly of a single peptoid polymer into a planar nanobrush with two distinct molecular packing motifs

J Sun, Z Wang, C Zhu, M Wang, Z Shi… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Hierarchical nanomaterials have received increasing interest for many applications. Here,
we report a facile programmable strategy based on an embedded segmental crystallinity …

Structural elucidation of a polypeptoid chain in a crystalline lattice reveals key morphology-directing role of the N-terminus

T Yu, X Luo, D Prendergast, GL Butterfoss, B Rad… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ability to engineer synthetic polymers with the same structural precision as
biomacromolecules is crucial to enable the de novo design of robust nanomaterials with …

Crystallization-driven self-assembly of coil–comb-shaped polypeptoid block copolymers: Solution morphology and self-assembly pathways

N Jiang, T Yu, OA Darvish, S Qian… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) of amphiphilic polymers into well-defined
nanoscopic structures with different morphologies and functionalities has attracted …

Atomic-level engineering and imaging of polypeptoid crystal lattices

S Xuan, X Jiang, RK Spencer, NK Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Rational design of supramolecular nanomaterials fundamentally depends upon an atomic-
level understanding of their structure and how it responds to chemical modifications. Here …

Submonomer synthesis of sequence defined peptoids with diverse side-chains

MD Connolly, S Xuan, N Molchanova… - Methods in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Peptoids are a diverse family of sequence-defined oligomers of N-substituted glycine
monomers, that can be readily accessed by the solid-phase submonomer synthesis method …

Multiscale crystalline structure of confined polypeptoid films: The effect of alkyl side chain branching

Q Wang, L Kang, X Xu, M Zhang, A Chao… - ACS macro …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the effect of alkyl side chain branching on melt-recrystallization of nanoconfined
polypeptoid films using poly (N-octyl glycine)(PNOG) and poly (N-2-ethyl-1-hexyl …

Monodisperse and telechelic polyethylenes form extended chain crystals with ionic layers

L Yan, M Häußler, J Bauer, S Mecking… - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis of ionic telechelic low-molecular-weight polyethylenes (PEs) with
precise chain lengths that are derived from plant oils along with their morphologies and …