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Yin J, Zheng Z, Yang J, Liu Y, Cai L, Guo Q, Li M, Li X, Sun TL, Liu GX, Huang C, Cheng SZD, Russell TP, Yin P. Unexpected Elasticity in Assemblies of Glassy Supra‐Nanoparticle Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202013361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Yan X, Guo Q, Lin Z, Liu X, Yuan J, Wang J, Wang H, Liu Y, Su Z, Liu T, Huang J, Zhang R, Wang Y, Huang M, Zhang W, Cheng SZD. Geometry‐Directed Self‐Assembly of Polymeric Molecular Frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Yan X, Guo Q, Lin Z, Liu X, Yuan J, Wang J, Wang H, Liu Y, Su Z, Liu T, Huang J, Zhang R, Wang Y, Huang M, Zhang W, Cheng SZD. Geometry‐Directed Self‐Assembly of Polymeric Molecular Frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:2024-2029. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Lu H, Zhang X, Sakurai T, Li X, Tu Y, Guo J, Seki S, Li CY, Ungar G, Cheng SZD. Frustrated Layered Self-Assembly Induced Superlattice from Two-Dimensional Nanosheets. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:8647-8653. [PMID: 33164515 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Here we reported a hierarchical self-assembly approach toward well-defined superlattices in supramolecular liquid crystals by fullerene-based sphere-cone block molecules. The fullerenes crystallize to form monolayer nanosheets intercalated by the attached soft hydrocarbon cones. The frustration caused by cross-sectional area mismatch between the spheres and the somewhat oversize cones leads to a unique lamellar superlattice whereby each stack of six pairs of alternating sphere-cone sublayers is followed by a cone double layer. While such areal mismatch problems in soft matter are usually solved by interface curvature, the lamellar superlattice solution is best suited to systems with rigid layers. Meanwhile, formation of the superlattice significantly improves the material's transient electron conductivity, with the maximum value being among the highest for π-conjugated organic materials. The design principle of solving steric frustration by forming a superlattice opens a new avenue toward self-assembled optoelectronic materials.
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Huang J, Su Z, Huang M, Zhang R, Wang J, Feng X, Zhang R, Zhang R, Shan W, Yan XY, Guo QY, Liu T, Liu Y, Cui Y, Li X, Shi AC, Cheng SZD. Spherical Supramolecular Structures Constructed via Chemically Symmetric Perylene Bisimides: Beyond Columnar Assembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:18563-18571. [PMID: 32656991 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Like other discotic molecules, self-assembled supramolecular structures of perylene bisimides (PBIs) are commonly limited to columnar or lamellar structures due to their distinct π-conjugated scaffolds and unique rectangular shape of perylene cores. The discovery of PBIs with supramolecular structures beyond layers and columns may expand the scope of PBI-based materials. A series of unconventional spherical packing phases in PBIs, including A15 phase, σ phase, dodecagonal quasicrystalline (DQC) phase, and body-centered cubic (BCC) phase, is reported. A strategy involving functionalization of perylene core with several polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cages achieved spherical assemblies of PBIs, instead of columnar assemblies, due to the significantly increased steric hindrance at the periphery. This strategy may also be employed for the discovery of unconventional spherical assemblies in other related discotic molecules by the introduction of similar bulky functional groups at their periphery. An unusual inverse phase transition sequence from a BCC phase to a σ phase was observed by increasing annealing temperature.
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Wen T, Sun HJ, Lotz B, Cheng SZD. Scrolled/Cylindrical Solution-Grown Single Crystals in Form III of Isotactic Poly(1-butene). Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Huang J, Su Z, Huang M, Zhang R, Wang J, Feng X, Zhang R, Zhang R, Shan W, Yan X, Guo Q, Liu T, Liu Y, Cui Y, Li X, Shi A, Cheng SZD. Spherical Supramolecular Structures Constructed via Chemically Symmetric Perylene Bisimides: Beyond Columnar Assembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201914889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Su Z, Huang M, Cheng SZD. Complex self-assembled lattices from simple polymer blends. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:19618-19620. [PMID: 32747570 PMCID: PMC7443944 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2013590117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Abd‐El‐Aziz AS, Antonietti M, Barner‐Kowollik C, Binder WH, Böker A, Boyer C, Buchmeiser MR, Cheng SZD, D’Agosto F, Floudas G, Frey H, Galli G, Genzer J, Hartmann L, Hoogenboom R, Ishizone T, Kaplan DL, Leclerc M, Lendlein A, Liu B, Long TE, Ludwigs S, Lutz J, Matyjaszewski K, Meier MAR, Müllen K, Müllner M, Rieger B, Russell TP, Savin DA, Schlüter AD, Schubert US, Seiffert S, Severing K, Soares JBP, Staffilani M, Sumerlin BS, Sun Y, Tang BZ, Tang C, Théato P, Tirelli N, Tsui OKC, Unterlass MM, Vana P, Voit B, Vyazovkin S, Weder C, Wiesner U, Wong W, Wu C, Yagci Y, Yuan J, Zhang G. The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202000216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Huang J, Ren H, Zhang R, Wu L, Zhai Y, Meng Q, Wang J, Su Z, Zhang R, Dai S, Cheng SZD, Huang M. Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Perylene Bisimide-Based Rigid Giant Tetrahedra. ACS NANO 2020; 14:8266-8275. [PMID: 32579333 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c01971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Recently, ordered structures constructed from rigid three-dimensional (3D) shaped polyhedra have been drawing general interest, with the tetrahedron being the simplest one but showing complicated assembly behaviors. Rigid tetrahedron building blocks have been shown to form quasicrystalline and crystalline phases with high packing fractions by both simulation and experiments. Nevertheless, the study of 3D tetrahedral building blocks is limited, especially in the field of supramolecular self-assembly. Here, we present an experimental study of rigid giant tetrahedral molecules constructed by attaching four bulky polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cages to a tetrahedral perylene bisimide (PBI) scaffold. Self-assembly of these giant tetrahedra is mediated by π-π interaction between the tetrahedral PBI-based scaffolds and their overall tetrahedral symmetry. A monolithic nearly centimeter-sized hexagonal supramolecular structure was observed in the giant tetrahedron with short flexible linkers between PBI and POSS cages, while a micrometer-sized crystalline helical structure formed in that with completely rigid aromatic linkers. Their significant difference in electrical conductivity could be explained by two completely different packing models of the giant tetrahedra.
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Zhang W, Cao Y, Lai Z, Yu S, Yang T, Liu X, Guo QY, Liu Y, Chen W, Huang M, Wang J, Cheng SZD. Hierarchical Structure with an Unusual Honeycomb Fullerene Scaffold by a Fullerene–Triphenylene Shape Amphiphile. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Zhang R, Su Z, Yan X, Huang J, Shan W, Dong X, Feng X, Lin Z, Cheng SZD. Frontispiece: Discovery of Structural Complexity through Self‐Assembly of Molecules Containing Rodlike Components. Chemistry 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202083061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zhang R, Su Z, Yan X, Huang J, Shan W, Dong X, Feng X, Lin Z, Cheng SZD. Discovery of Structural Complexity through Self‐Assembly of Molecules Containing Rodlike Components. Chemistry 2020; 26:6741-6756. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Luo J, Liu T, Qian K, Wei B, Hu Y, Gao M, Sun X, Lin Z, Chen J, Bera MK, Chen Y, Zhang R, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Tsige M, Cheng SZD, Liu T. Continuous Curvature Change into Controllable and Responsive Onion-like Vesicles by Rigid Sphere-Rod Amphiphiles. ACS NANO 2020; 14:1811-1822. [PMID: 31995358 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We observe the formation of highly controllable and responsive onion-like vesicles by using rigid sphere-rod amphiphilic hybrid macromolecules, composed of charged, hydrophilic Keggin-type clusters (spheres) and hydrophobic rod-like oligofluorenes (OFs). Unlike the commonly used approach, which mainly relies on chain bending of flexible molecules to satisfy different curvatures in onion-like vesicles, the rigid hybrids form flexible interdigitations by tuning the angles between OFs, leading to the formation of bilayers with different sizes. The self-assembled vesicles possess complete onion-like structures from most inner to outer layers, and their size (layer number) can be accurately manipulated by different solution conditions including solvent polarity, ionic strength, temperature, and hybrid concentration, with fixed interbilayer distance under all conditions. Moreover, the vesicle size (layer number) shows excellent reversibility to the change of temperature. The charged feature of spheres, rod length, and overall hybrid architecture shows significant effects on the formation of such onion-like vesicles.
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Yan XY, Lin Z, Zhang W, Xu H, Guo QY, Liu Y, Luo J, Liu XY, Zhang R, Huang J, Liu T, Su Z, Zhang R, Zhang S, Liu T, Cheng SZD. Magnifying the Structural Components of Biomembranes: A Prototype for the Study of the Self-Assembly of Giant Lipids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:5226-5234. [PMID: 31957938 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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How biomembranes are self-organized to perform their functions remains a pivotal issue in biological and chemical science. Understanding the self-assembly principles of lipid-like molecules hence becomes crucial. Herein, we report the mesostructural evolution of amphiphilic sphere-rod conjugates (giant lipids), and study the roles of geometric parameters (head-tail ratio and cross-sectional area) during this course. As a prototype system, giant lipids resemble natural lipidic molecules by capturing their essential features. The self-assembly behavior of two categories of giant lipids (I-shape and T-shape, a total of 8 molecules) is demonstrated. A rich variety of mesostructures is constructed in solution state and their molecular packing models are rationally understood. Giant lipids recast the phase behavior of natural lipids to a certain degree and the abundant self-assembled morphologies reveal distinct physiochemical behaviors when geometric parameters deviate from natural analogues.
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Yan X, Lin Z, Zhang W, Xu H, Guo Q, Liu Y, Luo J, Liu X, Zhang R, Huang J, Liu T, Su Z, Zhang R, Zhang S, Liu T, Cheng SZD. Magnifying the Structural Components of Biomembranes: A Prototype for the Study of the Self‐Assembly of Giant Lipids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Guo Q, Zhang B, Feng X, Yan X, Su Z, Cheng SZD, Yue K. Controlling the Periodically Ordered Nanostructures in Ceramics: A Macromolecule‐Guided Strategy. Macromol Rapid Commun 2019; 41:e1900534. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201900534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Su Z, Hsu CH, Gong Z, Feng X, Huang J, Zhang R, Wang Y, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Li T, Seifert S, Zhang W, Aida T, Huang M, Cheng SZD. Identification of a Frank-Kasper Z phase from shape amphiphile self-assembly. Nat Chem 2019; 11:899-905. [PMID: 31548666 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0330-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Frank-Kasper phases, a family of ordered structures formed from particles with spherical motifs, are found in a host of materials, such as metal alloys, inorganic colloids and various types of soft matter. All the experimentally observed Frank-Kasper phases can be constructed from the basic units of three fundamental structures called the A15, C15 and Z phases. The Z phase, typically observed in metal alloys, is associated with a relatively large volume ratio between its constituents, and this constraint inhibits its formation in most self-assembled single-component soft-matter systems. We have assembled a series of nanosized shape amphiphiles that comprise a triphenylene core and six polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cages grafted onto it through linkers to give a variety of unconventional structures, which include the Z phase. This structure was obtained through fine tuning of the linker lengths between the core and the peripheral polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cages, and exhibits a relatively large volume asymmetry between its constituent polyhedral particle motifs.
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Zhang W, Liu Y, Huang J, Liu T, Xu W, Cheng SZD, Dong XH. Engineering self-assembly of giant molecules in the condensed state based on molecular nanoparticles. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:7108-7116. [PMID: 31482930 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01502g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In biological systems, it is well-known that the activities and functions of biomacromolecules are dictated not only by their primary chemistries, but also by their secondary, tertiary, and quaternary hierarchical structures. Achieving control of similar levels in synthetic macromolecules is yet to be demonstrated. Most of the critical molecular parameters associated with molecular and hierarchical structures, such as size, composition, topology, sequence, and stereochemistry, are heterogenous, which impedes the exploration and understanding of structure formation and manipulation. Alternatively, in the past few years we have developed a unique giant molecule system based on molecular nanoparticles, in which the above-mentioned molecular parameters, as well as interactions, are precisely defined and controlled. These molecules could self-assemble into a myriad of unconventional and unique structures in the bulk, thin films, and solution. Giant molecules thus offer a robust platform to manipulate the hierarchical structures via precise and modular assemblies of building blocks in an amplified size level compared with small molecules. It has been found that they are not only scientifically intriguing, but also technologically relevant.
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Zhang R, Feng X, Zhang R, Shan W, Su Z, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Huang J, Yan X, Liu T, Li T, Huang M, Lin Z, Shi A, Cheng SZD. Breaking Parallel Orientation of Rods via a Dendritic Architecture toward Diverse Supramolecular Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201904749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Feng X, Liu G, Guo D, Lang K, Zhang R, Huang J, Su Z, Li Y, Huang M, Li T, Cheng SZD. Transition Kinetics of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Dodecagonal Quasicrystal and Frank-Kasper σ Phases in AB n Dendron-Like Giant Molecules. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:875-881. [PMID: 35619505 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of noncrystalline ABn dendron-like giant molecules DPOSS-MPOSSn (n = 2-6, DPOSS: hydrophilic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cage; MPOSS: hydrophobic POSS cage) were synthesized. These samples present a thermodynamically stable phase formation sequence from the hexagonal cylinder phase (plane group of P6mm), to the Frank-Kasper (F-K) A15 phase (space group of Pm3̅n), and further to the F-K σ phase (space group of P42/mnm), with increasing the number of MPOSS in a single molecule (n, from 2 to 6). Moreover, for DPOSS-MPOSS5 and DPOSS-MPOSS6, an intriguing dodecagonal quasicrystal (DQC) structure has been identified and revealed as a kinetic favorable metastable phase at lower temperatures, while the thermodynamically stable phase is the σ phase. The detailed investigation of the transition kinetics between the DQC and σ phase in these samples makes it possible to identify how the self-assembly directs the phase transition in terms of molecular and supramolecular aspects.
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Zhang R, Feng X, Zhang R, Shan W, Su Z, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Huang J, Yan X, Liu T, Li T, Huang M, Lin Z, Shi A, Cheng SZD. Breaking Parallel Orientation of Rods via a Dendritic Architecture toward Diverse Supramolecular Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:11879-11885. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Liu Y, Liu G, Zhang W, Du C, Wesdemiotis C, Cheng SZD. Cooperative Soft-Cluster Glass in Giant Molecular Clusters. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Yu S, Lai Z, Jinnai H, Zeng X, Ageishi M, Lotz B, Cheng SZD, Zheng N, Zhang S, Feng X, Cao Y. Adding Symmetry: Cylindrically Confined Crystallization of Nylon-6. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Zhang W, Shan W, Zhang S, Liu Y, Su H, Luo J, Xia Y, Li T, Wesdemiotis C, Liu T, Cui H, Li Y, Cheng SZD. Sequence isomeric giant surfactants with distinct self-assembly behaviors in solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:636-639. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09207a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two sequence isomeric giant surfactants exhibit distinguished self-assembly behaviors, which is caused by the different molecular packing conformations induced by their distinct molecular sequences.
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