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Lou X, Schoenmakers SMC, van Dongen JLJ, Garcia‐Iglesias M, Casellas NM, Fernández‐Castaño Romera M, Sijbesma RP, Meijer EW, Palmans ARA. Elucidating dynamic behavior of synthetic supramolecular polymers in water by hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021; 59:1151-1161. [PMID: 34223179 PMCID: PMC8247967 DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A comprehensive understanding of the structure, self-assembly mechanism, and dynamics of one-dimensional supramolecular polymers in water is essential for their application as biomaterials. Although a plethora of techniques are available to study the first two properties, there is a paucity in possibilities to study dynamic exchange of monomers between supramolecular polymers in solution. We recently introduced hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) to characterize the dynamic nature of synthetic supramolecular polymers with only a minimal perturbation of the chemical structure. To further expand the application of this powerful technique some essential experimental aspects have been reaffirmed and the technique has been applied to a diverse library of assemblies. HDX-MS is widely applicable if there are exchangeable hydrogen atoms protected from direct contact with the solvent and if the monomer concentration is sufficiently high to ensure the presence of supramolecular polymers during dilution. In addition, we demonstrate that the kinetic behavior as probed by HDX-MS is influenced by the internal order within the supramolecular polymers and by the self-assembly mechanism.
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- Xianwen Lou
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)MadridSpain
- Department of Chemistry and Process & Resource EngineeringUniversity of CantabriaSantanderSpain
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)MadridSpain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryEindhoven University of TechnologyEindhovenThe Netherlands
- SupraPolix BVEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryEindhoven University of TechnologyEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhovenThe Netherlands
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Gentile S, Del Grosso E, Prins LJ, Ricci F. Reorganization of Self‐Assembled DNA‐Based Polymers using Orthogonally Addressable Building Blocks**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202101378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Serena Gentile
- Department of Chemistry University of Rome, Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome, Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Padua Via Marzolo 1 35131 Padua Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome, Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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Naranjo C, Dorca Y, Ghosh G, Gómez R, Fernández G, Sánchez L. Chain-capper effect to bias the amplification of asymmetry in supramolecular polymers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:4500-4503. [PMID: 33956018 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc00740h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The kinetically controlled amplification of asymmetry experienced in the co-assembly of chiral tribiphenylaminetricarboxamides (S)-1 and (R)-1 is investigated. The formation of metastable monomeric species through intramolecular H-bonds retards the efficient amplification of asymmetry due to a chain-capper effect.
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- Cristina Naranjo
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 36, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 36, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Kubota R, Tanaka W, Hamachi I. Microscopic Imaging Techniques for Molecular Assemblies: Electron, Atomic Force, and Confocal Microscopies. Chem Rev 2021; 121:14281-14347. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Ryou Kubota
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- JST-ERATO, Hamachi Innovative Molecular Technology for Neuroscience, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8530, Japan
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Gentile S, Del Grosso E, Prins LJ, Ricci F. Reorganization of Self‐Assembled DNA‐Based Polymers using Orthogonally Addressable Building Blocks**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:12911-12917. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Serena Gentile
- Department of Chemistry University of Rome, Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome, Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Padua Via Marzolo 1 35131 Padua Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome, Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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Xu F, Pfeifer L, Crespi S, Leung FKC, Stuart MCA, Wezenberg SJ, Feringa BL. From Photoinduced Supramolecular Polymerization to Responsive Organogels. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5990-5997. [PMID: 33830767 PMCID: PMC8154511 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Controlling supramolecular polymerization by external stimuli holds great potential toward the development of responsive soft materials and manipulating self-assembly at the nanoscale. Photochemical switching offers the prospect of regulating the structure and properties of systems in a noninvasive and reversible manner with spatial and temporal control. In addition, this approach will enhance our understanding of supramolecular polymerization mechanisms; however, the control of molecular assembly by light remains challenging. Here we present photoresponsive stiff-stilbene-based bis-urea monomers whose trans isomers readily form supramolecular polymers in a wide range of organic solvents, enabling fast light-triggered depolymerization-polymerization and reversible gel formation. Due to the stability of the cis isomers and the high photostationary states (PSS) of the cis-trans isomerization, precise control over supramolecular polymerization and in situ gelation could be achieved with short response times. A detailed study on the temperature-dependent and photoinduced supramolecular polymerization in organic solvents revealed a kinetically controlled nucleation-elongation mechanism. By application of a Volta phase plate to enhance the phase-contrast method in cryo-EM, unprecedented for nonaqueous solutions, uniform nanofibers were observed in organic solvents.
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- Fan Xu
- Center for System Chemistry,
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for System Chemistry,
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for System Chemistry,
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for System Chemistry,
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Supramolecular self-assembly enables living organisms to form highly functional hierarchical structures with individual components self-organized across multiple length scales. This has inspired work on multicomponent supramolecular materials to understand factors behind co-assembly versus self-sorting of molecules. We report here on a supramolecular system comprised of negatively charged peptide amphiphile (PA) molecules, in which only a tiny fraction of the molecules (0.7 mol%) were covalently conjugated to one of two different fluorophores, half to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FTIC) and the other half to tetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA). Confocal microscopy of the system revealed self-sorting of the two different fluorescent PA molecules, where TAMRA PA is concentrated in micron-scale domains while FITC PA remains dispersed throughout the sample. From Förster resonance energy transfer and fluorescence recovery experiments, we conclude that conjugation of the negatively charged FITC to PA significantly disrupts its co-assembly with the 99.3 mol% of unlabeled molecules, which are responsible for formation of micron-scale domains. Conversely, conjugation of the zwitterionic TAMRA causes no such disruption. Interestingly, this dissimilar behavior between FITC and TAMRA PA causes them to self-sort at large length scales in the supramolecular system, mediated not by specific interactions among the individual fluorophores but instead by their different propensities to co-assemble with the majority component. We also found that greater ionic strength in the aqueous environment of the system promotes mixing by lowering the electrostatic barriers involved in self-sorting. Our results demonstrate great thermodynamic subtlety in the driving forces that mediate self-sorting versus co-assembly in supramolecular peptide assemblies.
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- Charlotte H Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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Wang Y, Friedrich H, Voets IK, Zijlstra P, Albertazzi L. Correlative imaging for polymer science. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yuyang Wang
- Department of Applied Physics & Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Center for Multiscale Electron Microscopy, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Self‐Organizing Soft Matter, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Physics & Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Barcelona Spain
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Edelbrock AN, Clemons TD, Chin SM, Roan JJW, Bruckner EP, Álvarez Z, Edelbrock JF, Wek KS, Stupp SI. Superstructured Biomaterials Formed by Exchange Dynamics and Host-Guest Interactions in Supramolecular Polymers. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2004042. [PMID: 33898187 PMCID: PMC8061421 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Dynamic and reversible assembly of molecules is ubiquitous in the hierarchical superstructures of living systems and plays a key role in cellular functions. Recent work from the laboratory reported on the reversible formation of such superstructures in systems of peptide amphiphiles conjugated to oligonucleotides and electrostatically complimentary peptide sequences. Here, a supramolecular system is reported upon where exchange dynamics and host-guest interactions between β-cyclodextrin and adamantane on peptide amphiphiles lead to superstructure formation. Superstructure formation with bundled nanoribbons generates a mechanically robust hydrogel with a highly porous architecture that can be 3D printed. Functionalization of the porous superstructured material with a biological signal results in a matrix with significant in vitro bioactivity toward neurons that could be used as a supramolecular model to design novel biomaterials.
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- Alexandra N. Edelbrock
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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Schill J, Rosier BJHM, Gumí Audenis B, Magdalena Estirado E, de Greef TFA, Brunsveld L. Assembly of Dynamic Supramolecular Polymers on a DNA Origami Platform. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:7612-7616. [PMID: 33444471 PMCID: PMC8048573 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Biological processes rely on transient interactions that govern assembly of biomolecules into higher order, multi-component systems. A synthetic platform for the dynamic assembly of multicomponent complexes would provide novel entries to study and modulate the assembly of artificial systems into higher order topologies. Here, we establish a hybrid DNA origami-based approach as an assembly platform that enables dynamic templating of supramolecular architectures. It entails the site-selective recruitment of supramolecular polymers to the platform with preservation of the intrinsic dynamics and reversibility of the assembly process. The composition of the supramolecular assembly on the platform can be tuned dynamically, allowing for monomer rearrangement and inclusion of molecular cargo. This work should aid the study of supramolecular structures in their native environment in real-time and incites new strategies for controlled multicomponent self-assembly of synthetic building blocks.
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- Jurgen Schill
- Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of TechnologyP.O. Box 513, 5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical BiologyDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringEindhoven University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of TechnologyP.O. Box 513, 5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical BiologyDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringEindhoven University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of TechnologyP.O. Box 513, 5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
- Laboratory of Self-Organising Soft Matter and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryDepartment of Chemical Engineering and ChemistryEindhoven University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of TechnologyP.O. Box 513, 5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical BiologyDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringEindhoven University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of TechnologyP.O. Box 513, 5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical BiologyDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringEindhoven University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
- Computational Biology groupDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringEindhoven University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
- Institute for Molecules and MaterialsFaculty of ScienceRadboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 1356525AJNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of TechnologyP.O. Box 513, 5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical BiologyDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringEindhoven University of TechnologyThe Netherlands
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Schill J, Rosier BJHM, Gumí Audenis B, Magdalena Estirado E, Greef TFA, Brunsveld L. Assembly of Dynamic Supramolecular Polymers on a DNA Origami Platform. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202016244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jurgen Schill
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Self-Organising Soft Matter and Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
- Computational Biology group Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
- Institute for Molecules and Materials Faculty of Science Radboud University Heyendaalseweg 135 6525 AJ Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
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Fukushima T, Tamaki K, Isobe A, Hirose T, Shimizu N, Takagi H, Haruki R, Adachi SI, Hollamby MJ, Yagai S. Diarylethene-Powered Light-Induced Folding of Supramolecular Polymers. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5845-5854. [PMID: 33755463 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Helical folding of randomly coiled linear polymers is an essential organization process not only for biological polypeptides but also for synthetic functional polymers. Realization of this dynamic process in supramolecular polymers (SPs) is, however, a formidable challenge because of their inherent lability of main chains upon changing an external environment that can drive the folding process (e.g., solvent, concentration, and temperature). We herein report a photoinduced reversible folding/unfolding of rosette-based SPs driven by photoisomerization of a diarylethene (DAE). Temperature-controlled supramolecular polymerization of a barbiturate-functionalized DAE (open isomer) in nonpolar solvent results in the formation of intrinsically curved, but randomly coiled, SPs due to the presence of defects. Irradiation of the randomly coiled SPs with UV light causes efficient ring-closure reaction of the DAE moieties, which induces helical folding of the randomly coiled structures into helicoidal ones, as evidenced by atomic force microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering. The helical folding is driven by internal structure ordering of the SP fiber that repairs the defects and interloop interaction occurring only for the resulting helicoidal structure. In contrast, direct supramolecular polymerization of the ring-closed DAE monomers by temperature control affords linearly extended ribbon-like SPs lacking intrinsic curvature that are thermodynamically less stable compared to the helicoidal SPs. The finding represents an important concept applicable to other SP systems; that is, postpolymerization (photo)reaction of preorganized kinetic structures can lead to more thermodynamically stable structures that are inaccessible directly through temperature-controlled protocols.
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- Takuya Fukushima
- Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, U.K
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- Institute for Global Prominent Research (IGPR), Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.,Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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We combine ideas from polymer and glassy liquid physics to construct a new model for the bond-breaking time scale of attractive sticker groups in associating copolymer liquids that form transient networks. The activated event is argued to be a two-step process, involving first the release of the nonsticker dynamic caging constraints that defines the primary alpha relaxation, followed by attractive stickers surmounting an association free-energy barrier subject to a local frictional resistance which can be strongly affected by relaxation-diffusion decoupling. The ideas embedded in the model produce a consistent and good description of the bond-breaking time scale for diverse polymer chemistries and architectures as a function of temperature and fraction of sticky groups. Chemically sensible values for association free energies are deduced. In strong contrast, the existing phenomenological models are shown to incur qualitative failures.
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Huang Y, Shen YJ, Chen TT, Li B, Zhang K. Specific detection and determination of cysteine by a luminescent samarium macrocycle-based fluorescent probe platform. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05392a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A samarium macrocycle-based chemosensor bearing two imine bonds and a Sm(iii) emitter provides an indirect approach to detect and determine cysteine.
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- Yan Huang
- Department of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
- Hangzhou 310018
- P. R. China
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Jangizehi A, Schmid F, Besenius P, Kremer K, Seiffert S. Defects and defect engineering in Soft Matter. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:10809-10859. [PMID: 33306078 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01371d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Soft matter covers a wide range of materials based on linear or branched polymers, gels and rubbers, amphiphilic (macro)molecules, colloids, and self-assembled structures. These materials have applications in various industries, all highly important for our daily life, and they control all biological functions; therefore, controlling and tailoring their properties is crucial. One way to approach this target is defect engineering, which aims to control defects in the material's structure, and/or to purposely add defects into it to trigger specific functions. While this approach has been a striking success story in crystalline inorganic hard matter, both for mechanical and electronic properties, and has also been applied to organic hard materials, defect engineering is rarely used in soft matter design. In this review, we present a survey on investigations on defects and/or defect engineering in nine classes of soft matter composed of liquid crystals, colloids, linear polymers with moderate degree of branching, hyperbranched polymers and dendrimers, conjugated polymers, polymeric networks, self-assembled amphiphiles and proteins, block copolymers and supramolecular polymers. This overview proposes a promising role of this approach for tuning the properties of soft matter.
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- Amir Jangizehi
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Chemistry, Duesbergweg 10-14, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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Kumar M, Son J, Huang RH, Sementa D, Lee M, O'Brien S, Ulijn RV. In Situ, Noncovalent Labeling and Stimulated Emission Depletion-Based Super-Resolution Imaging of Supramolecular Peptide Nanostructures. ACS NANO 2020; 14:15056-15063. [PMID: 33169979 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Supramolecular materials have gained substantial interest for a number biological and nonbiological applications. However, for optimum utilization of these dynamic self-assembled materials, it is important to visualize and understand their structures at the nanoscale, in solution and in real time. Previous approaches for imaging these structures have utilized super-resolution optical imaging methods such as STORM, which has provided important insights, but suffers from drawbacks of complex sample preparation and slow acquisition times, thus limiting real-time in situ imaging of dynamic processes. We demonstrate a noncovalent fluorescent labeling design for STED-based super-resolution imaging of self-assembling peptides. This is achieved by in situ, electrostatic binding of anionic sulfonates of Alexa-488 dye to the cationic sites of lysine (or arginine) residues exposed on the peptide nanostructure surface. A direct, multiscale visualization of static structures reveals hierarchical organization of supramolecular fibers with sub-60 nm resolution. In addition, the degradation of nanofibers upon enzymatic hydrolysis of peptide could be directly imaged in real time, and although resolution was compromised in this dynamic process, it provided mechanistic insights into the enzymatic degradation process. Noncovalent Alexa-488 labeling and subsequent imaging of a range of cationic self-assembling peptides and peptide-functionalized gold nanoparticles demonstrated the versatility of the methodology for the imaging of cationic supramolecular structures. Overall, our approach presents a general and simple method for the electrostatic fluorescent labeling of cationic peptide nanostructures for nanoscale imaging under physiological conditions and probe dynamic processes in real time and in situ.
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- Mohit Kumar
- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York, 1024 Marshak, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York, 1024 Marshak, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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He X, Finnegan JR, Hayward DW, MacFarlane LR, Harniman RL, Manners I. Living Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly of Polymeric Amphiphiles: Low-Dispersity Fiber-like Micelles from Crystallizable Phosphonium-Capped Polycarbonate Homopolymers. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Xiaoming He
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, P.R. China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie Institut für Chemie Technische, Universität Berlin, Strβe des 17. Juni 124, Berlin 10623, Germany
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada
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Varela-Aramburu S, Morgese G, Su L, Schoenmakers SMC, Perrone M, Leanza L, Perego C, Pavan GM, Palmans ARA, Meijer EW. Exploring the Potential of Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide Supramolecular Polymers as Biomaterials. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:4105-4115. [PMID: 32991162 PMCID: PMC7556542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The
fast dynamics occurring in natural processes increases the
difficulty of creating biomaterials capable of mimicking Nature. Within
synthetic biomaterials, water-soluble supramolecular polymers show
great potential in mimicking the dynamic behavior of these natural
processes. In particular, benzene-1,3,5-tricaboxamide (BTA)-based
supramolecular polymers have shown to be highly dynamic through the
exchange of monomers within and between fibers, but their suitability
as biomaterials has not been yet explored. Herein we systematically
study the interactions of BTA supramolecular polymers bearing either
tetraethylene glycol or mannose units at the periphery with different
biological entities. When BTA fibers were incubated with bovine serum
albumin (BSA), the protein conformation was only affected by the fibers
containing tetraethylene glycol at the periphery (BTA-OEG4). Coarse-grained molecular simulations showed that BSA interacted
with BTA-OEG4 fibers rather than with BTA-OEG4 monomers that are present in solution or that may exchange out of
the fibers. Microscopy studies revealed that, in the presence of BSA,
BTA-OEG4 retained their fiber conformation although their
length was slightly shortened. When further incubated with fetal bovine
serum (FBS), both long and short fibers were visualized in solution.
Nevertheless, in the hydrogel state, the rheological properties were
remarkably preserved. Further studies on the cellular compatibility
of all the BTA assemblies and mixtures thereof were performed in four
different cell lines. A low cytotoxic effect at most concentrations
was observed, confirming the suitability of utilizing functional BTA
supramolecular polymers as dynamic biomaterials.
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- Silvia Varela-Aramburu
- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.,Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, 6928 Manno, Switzerland
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, 6928 Manno, Switzerland
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.,Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, 6928 Manno, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Lafleur RPM, Herziger S, Schoenmakers SMC, Keizer ADA, Jahzerah J, Thota BNS, Su L, Bomans PHH, Sommerdijk NAJM, Palmans ARA, Haag R, Friedrich H, Böttcher C, Meijer EW. Supramolecular Double Helices from Small C 3-Symmetrical Molecules Aggregated in Water. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17644-17652. [PMID: 32935541 PMCID: PMC7564094 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Supramolecular fibers
in water, micrometers long and several nanometers
in width, are among the most studied nanostructures for biomedical
applications. These supramolecular polymers are formed through a spontaneous
self-assembly process of small amphiphilic molecules by specific secondary
interactions. Although many compounds do not possess a stereocenter,
recent studies suggest the (co)existence of helical structures, albeit
in racemic form. Here, we disclose a series of supramolecular (co)polymers
based on water-soluble benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides (BTAs) that form
double helices, fibers that were long thought to be chains of single
molecules stacked in one dimension (1D). Detailed cryogenic transmission
electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) studies and subsequent three-dimensional-volume
reconstructions unveiled helical repeats, ranging from 15 to 30 nm.
Most remarkable, the pitch can be tuned through the composition of
the copolymers, where two different monomers with the same core but
different peripheries are mixed in various ratios. Like in lipid bilayers,
the hydrophobic shielding in the aggregates of these disc-shaped molecules
is proposed to be best obtained by dimer formation, promoting supramolecular
double helices. It is anticipated that many of the supramolecular
polymers in water will have a thermodynamic stable structure, such
as a double helix, although small structural changes can yield single
stacks as well. Hence, it is essential to perform detailed analyses
prior to sketching a molecular picture of these 1D fibers.
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- René P M Lafleur
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany.,Research Center of Electron Microscopy and Core Facility BioSupraMol, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstraβe 36a, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Center of Multiscale Electron Microscopy, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.,Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.,Center of Multiscale Electron Microscopy, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.,Center of Multiscale Electron Microscopy, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.,Center of Multiscale Electron Microscopy, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Research Center of Electron Microscopy and Core Facility BioSupraMol, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstraβe 36a, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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Gupta D, Sasmal R, Singh A, Joseph JP, Miglani C, Agasti SS, Pal A. Enzyme-responsive chiral self-sorting in amyloid-inspired minimalistic peptide amphiphiles. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:18692-18700. [PMID: 32970093 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04581k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Self-sorting is a spontaneous phenomenon that ensures the formation of complex yet ordered multicomponent systems and conceptualizes the design of artificial and orthogonally functional compartments. In the present study, we envisage chirality-mediated self-sorting in β-amyloid-inspired minimalistic peptide amphiphile (C10-l/d-VFFAKK)-based nanofibers. The fidelity and stereoselectivity of chiral self-sorting was ascertained by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) by the judicious choice of a pyrene (Py)-hydroxy coumarin (HOCou) donor-acceptor pair tethered to the peptide sequences. Seed-promoted elongation of the homochiral peptide amphiphiles investigated by AFM image analyses and Thioflavin-T (ThT) binding study further validated the chiral recognition of the l/d peptide nanofibers. Moreover, direct visualization of the chirality-driven self-sorted nanofibers is reported using super-resolution microscopy that exhibits enantioselective enzymatic degradation for l-peptide fibers. Such enantioselective weakening of the hydrogels may be used for designing stimuli-responsive orthogonal compartments for delivery applications.
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- Deepika Gupta
- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector 64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
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- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector 64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector 64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector 64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
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- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector 64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India.
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Lebedeva M, Palmieri E, Kukura P, Fletcher SP. Emergence and Rearrangement of Dynamic Supramolecular Aggregates Visualized by Interferometric Scattering Microscopy. ACS NANO 2020; 14:11160-11168. [PMID: 32790332 PMCID: PMC7513470 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Studying dynamic self-assembling systems in their native environment is essential for understanding the mechanisms of self-assembly and thereby exerting full control over these processes. Traditional ensemble-based analysis methods often struggle to reveal critical features of the self-assembly that occur at the single particle level. Here, we describe a label-free single-particle assay to visualize real-time self-assembly in aqueous solutions by interferometric scattering microscopy. We demonstrate how the assay can be applied to biphasic reactions yielding micellar or vesicular aggregates, detecting the onset of aggregate formation, quantifying the kinetics at the single particle level, and distinguishing sigmoidal and exponential growth of aggregate populations. Furthermore, we can follow the evolution in aggregate size in real time, visualizing the nucleation stages of the self-assembly processes and record phenomena such as incorporation of oily components into the micelle or vesicle lumen.
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Morgese G, de Waal BFM, Varela‐Aramburu S, Palmans ARA, Albertazzi L, Meijer EW. Anchoring Supramolecular Polymers to Human Red Blood Cells by Combining Dynamic Covalent and Non-Covalent Chemistries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:17229-17233. [PMID: 32584462 PMCID: PMC7540258 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Understanding cell/material interactions is essential to design functional cell-responsive materials. While the scientific literature abounds with formulations of biomimetic materials, only a fraction of them focused on mechanisms of the molecular interactions between cells and material. To provide new knowledge on the strategies for materials/cell recognition and binding, supramolecular benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide copolymers bearing benzoxaborole moieties are anchored on the surface of human erythrocytes via benzoxaborole/sialic-acid binding. This interaction based on both dynamic covalent and non-covalent chemistries is visualized in real time by means of total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Exploiting this imaging method, we observe that the functional copolymers specifically interact with the cell surface. An optimal fiber affinity towards the cells as a function of benzoxaborole concentration demonstrates the crucial role of multivalency in these cell/material interactions.
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- Giulia Morgese
- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS)Eindhoven University of Technology5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS)Eindhoven University of Technology5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS)Eindhoven University of Technology5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS)Eindhoven University of Technology5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS)Eindhoven University of Technology5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)The Barcelona Institute of Science and TechnologyBaldiri Reixac 15–2108028BarcelonaSpain
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS)Eindhoven University of Technology5600MBEindhovenThe Netherlands
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Qiang Z, Wang M. 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Enabling Advances in Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:1342-1356. [PMID: 35638626 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In the past few decades there has been a revolution in the field of optical microscopy with emerging capabilities such as super-resolution and single-molecule fluorescence techniques. Combined with the classical advantages of fluorescence imaging, such as chemical labeling specificity, and noninvasive sample preparation and imaging, these methods have enabled significant advances in our polymer community. This Viewpoint discusses several of these capabilities and how they can uniquely offer information where other characterization techniques are limited. Several examples are highlighted that demonstrate the ability of fluorescence microscopy to understand key questions in polymer science such as single-molecule diffusion and orientation, 3D nanostructural morphology, and interfacial and multicomponent dynamics. Finally, we briefly discuss opportunities for further advances in techniques that may allow them to make an even greater contribution in polymer science.
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- Zhe Qiang
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Morgese G, Waal BFM, Varela‐Aramburu S, Palmans ARA, Albertazzi L, Meijer EW. Anchoring Supramolecular Polymers to Human Red Blood Cells by Combining Dynamic Covalent and Non‐Covalent Chemistries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Giulia Morgese
- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology 5600MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology 5600MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology 5600MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology 5600MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology 5600MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Baldiri Reixac 15–21 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) Eindhoven University of Technology 5600MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
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Kashiwagi D, Shen HK, Sim S, Sano K, Ishida Y, Kimura A, Niwa T, Taguchi H, Aida T. Molecularly Engineered "Janus GroEL": Application to Supramolecular Copolymerization with a Higher Level of Sequence Control. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:13310-13315. [PMID: 32691585 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Herein we report the synthesis and isolation of a shape-persistent Janus protein nanoparticle derived from the biomolecular machine chaperonin GroEL (AGroELB) and its application to DNA-mediated ternary supramolecular copolymerization. To synthesize AGroELB with two different DNA strands A and B at its opposite apical domains, we utilized the unique biological property of GroEL, i.e., Mg2+/ATP-mediated ring exchange between AGroELA and BGroELB with their hollow cylindrical double-decker architectures. This exchange event was reported more than 24 years ago but has never been utilized for molecular engineering of GroEL. We leveraged DNA nanotechnology to purely isolate Janus AGroELB and succeeded in its precision ternary supramolecular copolymerization with two DNA comonomers, A** and B*, that are partially complementary to A and B in AGroELB, respectively, and programmed to self-dimerize on the other side. Transmission electron microscopy allowed us to confirm the formation of the expected dual-periodic copolymer sequence -(B*/BGroELA/A**/A**/AGroELB/B*)- in the form of a laterally connected lamellar assembly rather than a single-chain copolymer.
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- Daiki Kashiwagi
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Choi YJ, Jung D, Lim SI, Yoon WJ, Kim DY, Jeong KU. Diacetylene-Functionalized Dendrons: Self-Assembled and Photopolymerized Three-Dimensional Networks for Advanced Self-Healing and Wringing Soft Materials. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:33239-33245. [PMID: 32602691 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The physical properties of supramolecular soft materials strongly depend on the molecular packing structures constructed by thermodynamically and kinetically controlled molecular self-assembly. To investigate the relationship between molecular function and self-assembled molecular packing structure, a series of diacetylene (DA)-based supramolecules was synthesized by chemically connecting flexible dendrons to DA with amide (aDA-D) or ester (eDA-D) functions. The three-dimensional (3D) organogel network of amide-functionalized aDA-D was prepared in both polar and nonpolar solvents due to the intermolecular hydrogen bonding. 3D networks of aDA-D can be further stabilized by topochemical photopolymerization. The self-healing behavior of aDA-D was observed in the sheet-like structure formed in n-dodecane by the hydrophobic interaction between the gelator and solvent. The wringing behavior of aDA-D was also demonstrated using the dynamic interaction of amide function with n-butanol solvent. Kinetically controlled and photostabilized 3D networks can be a key component from biomedical devices to soft robotic applications.
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- Yu-Jin Choi
- Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Department of Nanoconvergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Department of Nanoconvergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Department of Nanoconvergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Department of Nanoconvergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Bongdong 55324, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Department of Nanoconvergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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Uman S, Dhand A, Burdick JA. Recent advances in shear‐thinning and self‐healing hydrogels for biomedical applications. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.48668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Selen Uman
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
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Wester JR, Lewis JA, Freeman R, Sai H, Palmer LC, Henrich SE, Stupp SI. Supramolecular Exchange among Assemblies of Opposite Charge Leads to Hierarchical Structures. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:12216-12225. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- James R. Wester
- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
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Sarkar A, Behera T, Sasmal R, Capelli R, Empereur-Mot C, Mahato J, Agasti SS, Pavan GM, Chowdhury A, George SJ. Cooperative Supramolecular Block Copolymerization for the Synthesis of Functional Axial Organic Heterostructures. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:11528-11539. [PMID: 32501694 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Supramolecular block copolymerzation with optically or electronically complementary monomers provides an attractive bottom-up approach for the non-covalent synthesis of nascent axial organic heterostructures, which promises to deliver useful applications in energy conversion, optoelectronics, and catalysis. However, the synthesis of supramolecular block copolymers (BCPs) constitutes a significant challenge due to the exchange dynamics of non-covalently bound monomers and hence requires fine microstructure control. Furthermore, temporal stability of the segmented microstructure is a prerequisite to explore the applications of functional supramolecular BCPs. Herein, we report the cooperative supramolecular block copolymerization of fluorescent monomers in solution under thermodynamic control for the synthesis of axial organic heterostructures with light-harvesting properties. The fluorescent nature of the core-substituted naphthalene diimide (cNDI) monomers enables a detailed spectroscopic probing during the supramolecular block copolymerization process to unravel a nucleation-growth mechanism, similar to that of chain copolymerization for covalent block copolymers. Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) imaging of BCP chains characterizes the segmented microstructure and also allows size distribution analysis to reveal the narrow polydispersity (polydispersity index (PDI) ≈ 1.1) for the individual block segments. Spectrally resolved fluorescence microscopy on single block copolymerized organic heterostructures shows energy migration and light-harvesting across the interfaces of linearly connected segments. Molecular dynamics and metadynamics simulations provide useful mechanistic insights into the free energy of interaction between the monomers as well as into monomer exchange mechanisms and dynamics, which have a crucial impact on determining the copolymer microstructure. Our comprehensive spectroscopic, microscopic, and computational analyses provide an unambiguous structural, dynamic, and functional characterization of the supramolecular BCPs. The strategy presented here is expected to pave the way for the synthesis of multi-component organic heterostructures for various functions.
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- Aritra Sarkar
- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi24, 10129 Torino, Italy.,Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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Ghosh A, Schweizer KS. Microscopic Theory of the Effect of Caging and Physical Bonding on Segmental Relaxation in Associating Copolymer Liquids. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dutta C, Bishop LDC, Zepeda O J, Chatterjee S, Flatebo C, Landes CF. Imaging Switchable Protein Interactions with an Active Porous Polymer Support. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4412-4420. [PMID: 32441098 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mechanistic details about how local physicochemistry of porous interfaces drives protein transport mechanisms are necessary to optimize biomaterial applications. Cross-linked hydrogels made of stimuli-responsive polymers have potential for active protein capture and release through tunable steric and chemical transformations. Simultaneous monitoring of dynamic changes in both protein transport and interfacial polymer structure is an experimental challenge. We use single-particle tracking (SPT) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy Super-resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging (fcsSOFI) to relate the switchable changes in size and structure of a pH-responsive hydrogel to the interfacial transport properties of a model protein, lysozyme. SPT analysis reveals the reversible switching of protein transport dynamics in and at the hydrogel polymer in response to pH changes. fcsSOFI allows us to relate tunable heterogeneity of the hydrogels and pores to reversible changes in the distribution of confined diffusion and adsorption/desorption. We find that physicochemical heterogeneity of the hydrogels dictates protein confinement and desorption dynamics, particularly at pH conditions in which the hydrogels are swollen.
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- Chayan Dutta
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, HoustonTexas 77005, United States
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Dutta C, Bishop LDC, Zepeda O J, Chatterjee S, Flatebo C, Landes CF. Imaging Switchable Protein Interactions With an Active Porous Polymer Support. J Phys Chem A 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gruschwitz FV, Klein T, Catrouillet S, Brendel JC. Supramolecular polymer bottlebrushes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:5079-5110. [PMID: 32347854 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc01202e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The field of supramolecular chemistry has long been known to generate complex materials of different sizes and shapes via the self-assembly of single or multiple low molar mass building blocks. Matching the complexity found in natural assemblies, however, remains a long-term challenge considering its precision in organizing large macromolecules into well-defined nanostructures. Nevertheless, the increasing understanding of supramolecular chemistry has paved the way to several attempts in arranging synthetic macromolecules into larger ordered structures based on non-covalent forces. This review is a first attempt to summarize the developments in this field, which focus mainly on the formation of one-dimensional, linear, cylindrical aggregates in solution with pendant polymer chains - therefore coined supramolecular polymer bottlebrushes in accordance with their covalent equivalents. Distinguishing by the different supramolecular driving forces, we first describe systems based on π-π interactions, which comprise, among others, the well-known perylene motif, but also the early attempts using cyclophanes. However, the majority of reported supramolecular polymer bottlebrushes are formed by hydrogen bonds as they can for example be found in linear and cyclic peptides, as well as so called sticker molecules containing multiple urea groups. Besides this overview on the reported motifs and their impact on the resulting morphology of the polymer nanostructures, we finally highlight the potential benefits of such non-covalent interactions and refer to promising future directions of this still mostly unrecognized field of supramolecular research.
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- Franka V Gruschwitz
- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Yao Q, Wang C, Fu M, Dai L, Li J, Gao Y. Dynamic Detection of Active Enzyme Instructed Supramolecular Assemblies In Situ via Super-Resolution Microscopy. ACS NANO 2020; 14:4882-4889. [PMID: 32233450 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c00883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Inspired by the self-assembly phenomena in nature, the instructed self-assembly of exogenous small molecules in a biological environment has become a prevalent process to control cell fate. Despite mounting examples of versatile bioactivities, the underlying mechanism remains less understood, which is in large hindered by the difficulties in the identification of those dynamic assemblies in situ. Here, with direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, we are able to elucidate the dynamic morphology transformation of the enzyme-instructed supramolecular assemblies in situ inside cancer cells with a resolution below 50 nm. It indicates that the assembling molecules endure drastically different pathways between cell lines with different phosphatase activities and distribution. In HeLa cells, the direct formation of intracellular supramolecular nanofibers showed slight cytotoxicity, which was due to the possible cellular secretory pathway to excrete those exogenous molecules assemblies. In contrast, in Saos-2 cells with active phosphatase on the cell surface, assemblies with granular morphology first formed on the cell membranes, followed by a transformation into nanofibers and accumulation in cells, which induced Saos-2 cell death eventually. Overall, we provided a convenient method to reveal the in situ dynamic nanomorphology transformation of the supramolecular assemblies in a biological environment, in order to decipher their diverse biological activities.
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- Qingxin Yao
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Thermodynamics Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Thermodynamics Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Thermodynamics Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Sarkar A, Sasmal R, Empereur-mot C, Bochicchio D, Kompella SVK, Sharma K, Dhiman S, Sundaram B, Agasti SS, Pavan GM, George SJ. Self-Sorted, Random, and Block Supramolecular Copolymers via Sequence Controlled, Multicomponent Self-Assembly. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:7606-7617. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Aritra Sarkar
- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMAt), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMAt), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland
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- Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMAt), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMAt), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMAt), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Innovative Technologies, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMAt), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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Davis JL, Zhang Y, Yi S, Du F, Song KH, Scott EA, Sun C, Zhang HF. Super-Resolution Imaging of Self-Assembled Nanocarriers Using Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis for Cluster Extraction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:2291-2299. [PMID: 32069413 PMCID: PMC7445082 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Self-assembled nanocarriers have inspired a range of applications for bioimaging, diagnostics, and drug delivery. The noninvasive visualization and characterization of these nanocarriers are important to understand their structure to function relationship. However, the quantitative visualization of nanocarriers in the sample's native environment remains challenging with the use of existing technologies. Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) has the potential to provide both high-resolution visualization and quantitative analysis of nanocarriers in their native environment. However, nonspecific binding of fluorescent probes used in SMLM can introduce artifacts, which imposes challenges in the quantitative analysis of SMLM images. We showed the feasibility of using spectroscopic point accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography (sPAINT) to visualize self-assembled polymersomes (PS) with molecular specificity. Furthermore, we analyzed the unique spectral signatures of Nile Red (NR) molecules bound to the PS to reject artifacts from nonspecific NR bindings. We further developed quantitative spectroscopic analysis for cluster extraction (qSPACE) to increase the localization density by 4-fold compared to sPAINT; thus, reducing variations in PS size measurements to less than 5%. Finally, using qSPACE, we quantitatively imaged PS at various concentrations in aqueous solutions with ∼20 nm localization precision and 97% reduction in sample misidentification relative to conventional SMLM.
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- Janel L. Davis
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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Stupp SI, Clemons TD, Carrow JK, Sai H, Palmer LC. Supramolecular and Hybrid Bonding Polymers. Isr J Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202000005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Samuel I. Stupp
- Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
- Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Evanston IL 60208 USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University Evanston IL 60208 USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University Evanston IL 60208 USA
- Department of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
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- Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
- Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
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- Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
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- Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University Chicago IL 60611 USA
- Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Evanston IL 60208 USA
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Li J, Wang J, Li H, Song N, Wang D, Tang BZ. Supramolecular materials based on AIE luminogens (AIEgens): construction and applications. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:1144-1172. [PMID: 31971181 DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00495e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The emergence of aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) has significantly stimulated the development of luminescent supramolecular materials because their strong emissions in the aggregated state have resolved the notorious obstacle of the aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effect, thereby enabling AIEgen-based supramolecular materials to have a promising prospect in the fields of luminescent materials, sensors, bioimaging, drug delivery, and theranostics. Moreover, in contrast to conventional fluorescent molecules, the configuration of AIEgens is highly twisted in space. Investigating AIEgens and the corresponding supramolecular materials provides fundamental insights into the self-assembly of nonplanar molecules, drastically expands the building blocks of supramolecular materials, and pushes forward the frontiers of supramolecular chemistry. In this review, we will summarize the basic concepts, seminal studies, recent trends, and perspectives in the construction and applications of AIEgen-based supramolecular materials with the hope to inspire more interest and additional ideas from researchers and further advance the development of supramolecular chemistry.
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- Jie Li
- Center for AIE Research, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. and College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Center for AIE Research, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. and College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Center for AIE Research, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. and College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Center for AIE Research, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. and College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Center for AIE Research, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. and College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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Gasparotto P, Bochicchio D, Ceriotti M, Pavan GM. Identifying and Tracking Defects in Dynamic Supramolecular Polymers. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:589-599. [PMID: 31888337 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A central paradigm of self-assembly is to create ordered structures starting from molecular monomers that spontaneously recognize and interact with each other via noncovalent interactions. In recent years, great efforts have been directed toward perfecting the design of a variety of supramolecular polymers and materials with different architectures. The resulting structures are often thought of as ideally perfect, defect-free supramolecular fibers, micelles, vesicles, etc., having an intrinsic dynamic character, which are typically studied at the level of statistical ensembles to assess their average properties. However, molecular simulations recently demonstrated that local defects that may be present or may form in these assemblies, and which are poorly captured by conventional approaches, are key to controlling their dynamic behavior and properties. The study of these defects poses considerable challenges, as the flexible/dynamic nature of these soft systems makes it difficult to identify what effectively constitutes a defect and to characterize its stability and evolution. Here, we demonstrate the power of unsupervised machine-learning techniques to systematically identify and compare defects in supramolecular polymer variants in different conditions, using as a benchmark 5 Å resolution coarse-grained molecular simulations of a family of supramolecular polymers. We show that this approach allows a complete data-driven characterization of the internal structure and dynamics of these complex assemblies and of the dynamic pathways for defects formation and resorption. This provides a useful, generally applicable approach to unambiguously identify defects in these dynamic self-assembled materials and to classify them based on their structure, stability, and dynamics.
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- Piero Gasparotto
- Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institute des Materiaux , Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland.,Thomas Young Centre and Department of Physics and Astronomy , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Innovative Technologies , University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland , Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c , CH-6928 Manno , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institute des Materiaux , Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Department of Innovative Technologies , University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland , Galleria 2, Via Cantonale 2c , CH-6928 Manno , Switzerland.,Department of Applied Science and Technology , Politecnico di Torino , Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 , 10129 Torino , Italy
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Hu L, Chen Z, Yu C, Zhang J, Zhang H, Xu P, Xiao E. A rhodol-enone dye platform with dual reaction triggers for specific detection of Cys. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:2438-2442. [PMID: 32104831 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb02794g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this work, we have developed a rhodol-enone dye platform with bis-reaction-triggers for the selective detection of Cys.
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- Linan Hu
- Department of Radiology
- The Second Xiangya Hospital
- Central South University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology
- The Second Xiangya Hospital
- Central South University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology
- The Second Xiangya Hospital
- Central South University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology
- The Second Xiangya Hospital
- Central South University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology
- Jining First People's Hospital
- Jining Medical University
- Jining 272000
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology
- Jining First People's Hospital
- Jining Medical University
- Jining 272000
- P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology
- The Second Xiangya Hospital
- Central South University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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Supramolecular polymers are non-covalent assemblies of unimeric building blocks connected by secondary interactions and hold great promises due to their dynamic nature.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warwick
- Coventry CV4 7AL
- UK
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Takuzo Aida
- Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science 2-1 Hirosawa Wako, Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of EngineeringThe University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Institute for Complex Molecular SystemsEindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513 5600 Eindhoven the Netherlands
- Laboratories of Macromolecular and Organic ChemistryEindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513 5600 Eindhoven the Netherlands
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Hansel CS, Holme MN, Gopal S, Stevens MM. Advances in high-resolution microscopy for the study of intracellular interactions with biomaterials. Biomaterials 2020; 226:119406. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kubota R, Nakamura K, Torigoe S, Hamachi I. The Power of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy in Supramolecular Chemistry: In situ Real-time Imaging of Stimuli-Responsive Multicomponent Supramolecular Hydrogels. ChemistryOpen 2020; 9:67-79. [PMID: 31988842 PMCID: PMC6967000 DOI: 10.1002/open.201900328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Multicomponent supramolecular hydrogels are promising scaffolds for applications in biosensors and controlled drug release due to their designer stimulus responsiveness. To achieve rational construction of multicomponent supramolecular hydrogel systems, their in-depth structural analysis is essential but still challenging. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) has emerged as a powerful tool for structural analysis of multicomponent supramolecular hydrogels. CLSM imaging enables real-time observation of the hydrogels without the need of drying and/or freezing to elucidate their static and dynamic properties. Through multiple, selective fluorescent staining of materials of interest, multiple domains formed in supramolecular hydrogels (e. g. inorganic materials and self-sorting nanofibers) can also be visualized. CLSM and the related microscopic techniques will be indispensable to investigate complex life-inspired supramolecular chemical systems.
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- Ryou Kubota
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of EngineeringKyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, KatsuraKyoto615-8510Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of EngineeringKyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, KatsuraKyoto615-8510Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of EngineeringKyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, KatsuraKyoto615-8510Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of EngineeringKyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, KatsuraKyoto615-8510Japan
- JST-ERATO, Hamachi Innovative Molecular Technology for NeuroscienceKyoto University, Nishikyo-kuKyoto615-8530Japan
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Wehner M, Würthner F. Supramolecular polymerization through kinetic pathway control and living chain growth. Nat Rev Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s41570-019-0153-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yao Q, Huang Z, Liu D, Chen J, Gao Y. Enzyme-Instructed Supramolecular Self-Assembly with Anticancer Activity. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1804814. [PMID: 30444545 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death, which has continuously stimulated the development of numerous functional biomaterials with anticancer activities. Herein is reviewed one recent trend of biomaterials focusing on the advances in enzyme-instructed supramolecular self-assembly (EISA) with anticancer activity. EISA relies on enzymatic transformations to convert designed small-molecular precursors into corresponding amphiphilic residues that can form assemblies in living systems. EISA has shown some advantages in controlling cell fate from three aspects. 1) Based on the abnormal activity of specific enzymes, EISA can differentiate cancer cells from normal cells. In contrast to the classical ligand-receptor recognition, the targeting capability of EISA relies on dynamic control of the self-assembly process. 2) The interactions between EISA and cellular components directly disrupt cellular processes or pathways, resulting in cell death phenotypes. 3) EISA spatiotemporally controls the distribution of therapeutic agents, which boosts drug delivery efficiency. Therefore, with regard to the development of EISA, the aim is to provide a perspective on the future directions of research into EISA as anticancer theranostics.
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- Qingxin Yao
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Chakraborty S, Berac CM, Kemper B, Besenius P, Speck T. Modeling Supramolecular Polymerization: The Role of Steric Effects and Hydrophobic Interactions. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Saikat Chakraborty
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Graduate School “Materials Science in Mainz”, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Graduate School “Materials Science in Mainz”, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Graduate School “Materials Science in Mainz”, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Suzuki A, Aratsu K, Datta S, Shimizu N, Takagi H, Haruki R, Adachi SI, Hollamby M, Silly F, Yagai S. Topological Impact on the Kinetic Stability of Supramolecular Polymers. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:13196-13202. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Atsuhito Suzuki
- Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Institute for Global Prominent Research (IGPR), Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST55BG, United Kingdom
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- TITANS, SPEC, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris—Saclay, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute for Global Prominent Research (IGPR), Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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