In this review, we describe the recent advances in supramolecular helical assemblies
formed from chiral and achiral small molecules, oligomers (foldamers), and helical and …

Methods for depositing thin films are important in generating functional materials for diverse
applications in a wide variety of fields. Over the last half-century, the layer-by-layer assembly …

Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

The main motivation for development of biobased polymers was their biodegradability,
which is becoming important due to strong public concern about waste. Reflecting recent …

Polylactide polymers have gained enormous attention as a replacement for conventional
synthetic packaging materials in the last decade. By being truly biodegradable, derived from …

Poly (lactide) s [ie poly (lactic acid)(PLA)] and lactide copolymers are biodegradable,
compostable, producible from renewable resources, and nontoxic to the human body and …

Polymer materials flammability represents a major limitation to their use and hence to the
development of most polymer-based advanced technologies. Environmental and safety …

A polymer stereocomplex is defined as a stereoselective interaction between two
complementing stereoregular polymers, that interlock and form a new composite …

The surface design and control of substrates with nanometer‐or micrometer‐sized polymer
films are of considerable interest for both fundamental and applied studies in the biomedical …

Mixing of poly (L-lactic acid)(PLLA) and poly (D-lactic acid)(PDLA) affords stereocomplex-
type PLA (sc-PLA) having a high melting temperature of 230° C, and its use provides higher …