Dendron-mediated self-assembly, disassembly, and self-organization of complex systems

BM Rosen, CJ Wilson, DA Wilson, M Peterca… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
1.1 Background Dendrimers and dendrons are architectural motifs synthesized by either
divergent or convergent iterative methods, and therefore, they provide monodisperse …

Single-electron transfer and single-electron transfer degenerative chain transfer living radical polymerization

BM Rosen, V Percec - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Single-Electron Transfer and Single-Electron Transfer Degenerative Chain Transfer Living
Radical Polymerization | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my …

Synthetic helical polymers: conformation and function

T Nakano, Y Okamoto - Chemical Reviews, 2001 - ACS Publications
The high functionalities of naturally occurring macromolecules such as proteins and genes
arise from their precisely ordered stereostructures. 1 In such systems, the helix is often found …

Dendritic encapsulation of function: applying nature's site isolation principle from biomimetics to materials science

S Hecht, JMJ Fréchet - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The convergence of our understanding of structure–property relationships for selected
biological macromolecules and our increased ability to prepare large synthetic …

Chiral architectures from macromolecular building blocks

JJLM Cornelissen, AE Rowan, RJM Nolte… - Chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
In the course of evolution, Nature has developed a multitude of biomacromolecules tailored
to deal with complicated tasks such as information storage, support of tissue, transport, and …

Controlling polymer shape through the self-assembly of dendritic side-groups

V Percec, CH Ahn, G Ungar, DJP Yeardley, M Möller… - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
The chain conformation of polymers plays an important role in controlling their phase
behaviour and associated material properties. In the case of flexible polymers, conformation …

Rational design of the first spherical supramolecular dendrimers self-organized in a novel thermotropic cubic liquid-crystalline phase and the determination of their …

VSK Balagurusamy, G Ungar, V Percec… - Journal of the …, 1997 - ACS Publications
The rational design, the synthesis via a new convergent approach, and the characterization
of four generations of monodendrons based on the AB3 building block methyl 3, 4, 5 …

Helical self-organizations and emerging functions in architectures, biological and synthetic macromolecules

V Percec, Q Xiao - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Helical architectures including artwork and monuments, such us the Trajan's column from
Rome, were constructed as early as in the year 113 while the assemblies and the self …

Dendrimers—branching out from curiosities into new technologies

OA Matthews, AN Shipway, JF Stoddart - Progress in polymer science, 1998 - Elsevier
Dendrimers are a relatively new class of macromolecule. Their highly branched,
monodisperse structures lead to a number of interesting characteristics and features …

Hierarchical Self-Organization and Disorganization of Helical Supramolecular Columns Mediated by H-Bonding and Shape Complementarity

D Sahoo, M Peterca, V Percec - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
H-bonding, shape complementarity, and quasi-equivalence are widely accepted as some of
the most influential molecular recognition events mediating biological and synthetic self …