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Wang W, Xu X, Feng F, Shao Y, Jian H, Liu H, Dong XH, Ge A, Yang S. Interfacial Behaviors of Giant Amphiphilic Molecules Composed of Hydrophobic Isobutyl POSS and Hydrophilic POSS Bearing Carboxylic Acid Groups at the Air-Water Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:16854-16862. [PMID: 37956463 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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The behavior of giant amphiphilic molecules at the air-water interface has become a subject of concern to researchers. Small changes in the molecular structure can cause obvious differences in the molecular arrangement and interfacial properties of the monolayer. In this study, we have systematically investigated the interfacial behaviors of the giant amphiphilic molecules with different number of hydrophobic BPOSS blocks and one hydrophilic ACPOSS block ((BPOSS)n-ACPOSS (n = 1-5)) at the air-water interface by the surface pressure-area (π-A) isotherm, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), compression modulus measurement, and hysteresis measurement. We found that both the number of BPOSS blocks and the compression rate can significantly influence the interfacial behaviors of giant molecules. The π-A isotherms of giant molecules (BPOSS)n-ACPOSS (n = 2-5) exhibit a "cusp" phenomenon which can be attributed to the transition from monolayer to multilayer. However, the cusp is dramatically different from the "collapse" of the monolayer studied in other molecular systems, which is highly dependent on the compression rate of the monolayer. In addition, the compression modulus and hysteresis measurements reveal that the number of BPOSS blocks of (BPOSS)n-ACPOSS plays an important role in the static elasticity, stability, and reversibility of the Langmuir films.
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- Weijie Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
- School of Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering, Qingdao Hospital (Qingdao Municipal Hospital), University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao 266024, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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Ye L, Liu M, Wang X, Yu Z, Huang Z, Zhou N, Zhang Z, Zhu X. Sequence effect on the self-assembly of discrete amphiphilic co-oligomers with fluorene-azobenzene semirigid backbones. RSC Adv 2023; 13:24181-24190. [PMID: 37575403 PMCID: PMC10416705 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra04205g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Sequences can have a dramatic impact on the unique properties and self-assembly in natural macromolecules, which has received increasing interest. Herein, we report a series of discrete amphiphilic co-oligomers with the same composition but different building blocks in a semirigid backbone. These sequence-defined oligomers possess two primary amine groups on the side chain of the azobenzene building block, and hence, they become amphipathic due to quaternization of the amine groups when protonated in acidic aqueous solution. These oligomer isomers assembled into different nanoparticles, including nanofibers, hollow vesicles and spherical micellar complexes, in a THF/water/HCl mixture under the same conditions. UV-vis absorption spectra, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray scattering (XRD) experiments combined with theoretical calculations reveal that the sequence-controlled co-oligomers induce different molecular packing conformations and arrangement modes of building blocks in self-assembly. Furthermore, these self-assembled nanoparticles demonstrate photoresponsive morphological transformation and fluorescence emission under UV light irradiation due to trans-to-cis photoisomerization of azobenzene. This work demonstrates that customizing functional nanoparticles can be achieved by controlling the sequence structure in synthetic co-oligomers.
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- Liandong Ye
- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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Liu Z, Wang S, Yang Z, Dong XH. Regioisomeric Giant Triblock Molecules: Role of the Linker. Macromol Rapid Commun 2023; 44:e2200509. [PMID: 35975733 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In this study, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) based giant triblock molecules with precisely defined regio-configuration are modularly prepared through highly efficient coupling reactions. The length of the linker connecting neighboring nanoparticles is elaborately designed to regulate the geometric constraints. The triblock molecules adopt a folded packing during phase separation, and the regio-configuration imparts direct influence on the self-assembly behaviors. The ortho-isomers form periodic structures with a larger domain size, larger interfacial curvature, and enhanced phase stability. The regio-effect is closely related to the length and symmetry of the linker. As the linker extends, the neighboring particles gradually decouple, and the regio-effect diminishes. The symmetry of the linker shows an even more profound impact. This work quantitatively scrutinized the role of the linker, opening an avenue for engineering the assembled structures with molecular precision.
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- Zhongguo Liu
- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Liu Z, Wang S, Li G, Yang Z, Gan Z, Dong XH. Discrete Giant Polymeric Chain with Precise Sequence and Regio-configuration: A Concise Multiblock Model System. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Zhongguo Liu
- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Ecology and Environment, Yuzhang Normal University, Nanchang 330103, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Song Y, Sun C, Tian C, Ming H, Wang Y, Liu W, He N, He X, Ding M, Li J, Luo F, Tan H, Fu Q. Precisely synthesized segmented polyurethanes toward block sequence-controlled drug delivery. Chem Sci 2022; 13:5353-5362. [PMID: 35655572 PMCID: PMC9093123 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06457f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The construction of polyurethanes (PUs) with sequence-controlled block structures remains a serious challenge. Here, we report the precise synthesis of PUs with desirable molecular weight, narrow molecular weight distribution, and controlled block sequences from commercially available monomers. The synthetic procedure is derived from a liquid-phase synthetic methodology, which involves diisocyanate-based iterative protocols in combination with a convergent strategy. Furthermore, a pair of multifunctional PUs with different sequence orders of cationic and anion segments were prepared. We show that the sequence order of functional segments presents an impact on the self-assembly behavior and results in unexpected surface charges of assembled micelles, thereby affecting the protein absorption, cell internalization, biodistribution and antitumor effect of the nanocarriers in vitro and in vivo. This work provides a versatile platform for the development of precise multiblock PUs with structural complexity and functional diversity, and will greatly facilitate the clinical translation of PUs in biomedicine.
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- Yuanqing Song
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Laboratory Animal Center of Sichuan University, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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Li Z, Li Z, Hu J, Feng X, Zhang M, Duan G, Zhang R, Li Y. Self-Assembly of Poly(Janus particle)s into Unimolecular and Oligomeric Spherical Micelles. ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:1563-1569. [PMID: 35549135 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Using shape-persistent Janus particles to construct poly(Janus particle)s and studying their self-assembly behaviors are of great interest, but remain largely unexplored. In this work, we reported a type of amphiphiles constructed by the ring-opening metathesis polymerization of nonspherical molecular Janus particles (APOSS-BPOSS), called poly(Janus particle)s (poly(APOSS-BPOSS)n, n = 12, 17, 22, and 35, and Mn = 35-100 kg/mol). Unlike traditional bottlebrush polymers consisting of flexible side chains, these poly(Janus particles) consist of rigid hydrophilic and hydrophobic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cages as side chains. Interestingly, instead of maintaining an expected extended chain conformation, they could also collapse and then self-assemble to form unconventional unimolecular or oligomeric spherical micelles in solutions with a feature size smaller than 7 nm. More importantly, unlike traditional amphiphilic polymer brushes that could form unimolecular micelles at a relatively high degree of polymerization by self-assembly, these poly(Janus particles)s could accomplish self-assembly at a quite low degree of polymerization because of their unique chemical structure and molecular topology. The formation of unimolecular and oligomeric micelles was also further confirmed by dissipative particle dynamics simulations. This study of introducing the POSS-based poly(Janus particle)s as a class of shape amphiphiles will provide a model system for generating unimolecular and oligomeric micellar nanostructures through solution self-assembly.
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- Zhan Li
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 United States
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Feng F, Shao Y, Wu W, Li X, Hong C, Jin L, Yue K, Zhang WB, Liu H. Crystallization of Precise Side-Chain Giant Molecules with Tunable Sequences and Functionalities. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Fengfeng Feng
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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Wang C, Zhou L, Du Q, Shan T, Zheng K, He J, He H, Chen S, Wang X. Synthesis, properties and applications of well‐designed hybrid polymers based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. POLYM INT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Cheng Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou P. R. China
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Huang J, Zhang R, Wang Y, Su Z, Yan XY, Guo QY, Liu T, Liu Y, Lei H, Huang M, Zhang W, Cheng SZD. Rational Route Toward the Frank–Kasper Z Phase: Effect of Precise Geometrical Tuning on the Supramolecular Assembly of Giant Shape Amphiphiles. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jiahao Huang
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 50610, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangzhou 50610, China
- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 50610, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 50610, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 50610, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangzhou 50610, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 50610, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangzhou 50610, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 50610, China
- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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Guo QY, Yan XY, Zhang W, Li XH, Xu Y, Dai S, Liu Y, Zhang BX, Feng X, Yin J, Han D, Huang J, Su Z, Liu T, Huang M, Hsu CH, Cheng SZD. Ordered Mesoporous Silica Pyrolyzed from Single-Source Self-Assembled Organic-Inorganic Giant Surfactants. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:12935-12942. [PMID: 34387467 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
We report the preparation of hexagonal mesoporous silica from single-source giant surfactants constructed via dihydroxyl-functionlized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (DPOSS) heads and a polystyrene (PS) tail. After thermal annealing, the obtained well-ordered hexagonal hybrid was pyrolyzed to afford well-ordered mesoporous silica. A high porosity (e.g., 581 m2/g) and a uniform and narrow pore size distribution (e.g., 3.3 nm) were achieved. Mesoporous silica in diverse shapes and morphologies were achieved by processing the precursor. When the PS tail length was increased, the pore size expanded accordingly. Moreover, such pyrolyzed, ordered mesoporous silica can help to increase both efficiency and stability of nanocatalysts.
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- Qing-Yun Guo
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Department of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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Ou JT, Yang TK, Lin HY, Hsu HY, Chen TJ, Ou YS, Chen J, Wang CY, Sun B, Wang CL. Composition-Driven Structural Modulation and Guest-Induced Nanotemplate Effects of the Host–Guest Complexes Made by a Unimolecular Q-Clip. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jou-Tsen Ou
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (National Chiao Tung University), 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Liu Z, Chen X, Yang Z, Wang S, Gan Z, Li G, Dong XH. Precise Amphiphilic Giant Polymeric Chain Based on Nanosized Monomers with Exact Regio-Configuration. ACS NANO 2021; 15:12367-12374. [PMID: 34236829 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Polymeric chains made of "giant" monomers at a larger length scale provide intriguing insights into the fundamental principles of polymer science. In this study, we modularly prepared a library of discrete amphiphilic polymeric chains using molecular nanoparticles as repeat units, with exact control of composition, chain length, surface property, and regio-configuration. These giant polymeric chains self-assembled into a rich collection of highly ordered phases. The precise chemical structure and uniform chain length eliminate all the inherent molecular "defects", while the nanosized monomer amplifies minute structural differences, providing an ideal platform for a systematic scrutiny of the self-assembly behaviors at a larger length scale. The compositional and regio-configurational contribution was carefully studied. The regio-regularity is found to have a direct and profound impact on the chain conformation, leading to a distinct molecular packing scheme and therefore shifting the phase boundaries. With increasing the length of the linker, the regio-constraint gradually diminishes, and the neighboring particles would eventually be decoupled.
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- Zhongguo Liu
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Ecology and Environment, Yuzhang Normal University, Nanchang 330103, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Mueller AJ, Lindsay AP, Jayaraman A, Lodge TP, Mahanthappa MK, Bates FS. Quasicrystals and Their Approximants in a Crystalline–Amorphous Diblock Copolymer. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Andreas J. Mueller
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Feng F, Guo D, Shao Y, Yan X, Yue K, Pan Z, Li X, Xiao D, Jin L, Zhang WB, Liu H. Thickness control of 2D nanosheets assembled from precise side-chain giant molecules. Chem Sci 2021; 12:5216-5223. [PMID: 34163758 PMCID: PMC8179583 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00021g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The performance of 2D nanomaterials hinges on both the chemical compositions and the morphological structures across different length scales. Among all the three dimensions, thickness is the only one that falls into the nanometer scale and, to some extent, determines the intrinsic properties of 2D nanomaterials. In this study, we report the preparation and precise thickness control of 2D nanosheets assembled from a library of monodispersed amphiphilic giant molecules composed of functional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs) as the side groups. Solution self-assembly of such giant molecules resulted in 2D nanosheets with similar structural configurations, where a bilayer of hydrophobic isobutyl POSS (BPOSS) is sandwiched by two monolayers of hydrophilic POSS bearing carboxylic acid groups (APOSS). The thickness of the obtained nanosheets could be tuned through adjusting the chemical compositions of the pendant POSS cages. Intriguingly, we found that the thickness of the 2D nanosheets was not necessarily proportional to the contour length of the giant molecule nor the total number of POSS cages tethered to the main chain. Indeed, the number ratio of BPOSS to APOSS, rather than the exact number, played a deterministic role in the thickness control. To explain the unusual thickness dependence, we built up a structure model with an in-plane orientation of the giant molecules in the nanosheets, from which a formula was further deduced to semi-quantitatively describe the inverse relationship between the overall thickness and the number ratio of BPOSS to APOSS.
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- Fengfeng Feng
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University Shanghai 201620 P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron Akron Ohio 44325 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Baise University Baise 533000 P. R. China
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University Shanghai 201620 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University Shanghai 201620 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University Shanghai 201620 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University Shanghai 201620 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University Shanghai 201620 P. R. China
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Fan L, Wang X, Wu D. Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (
POSS
)‐based Hybrid Materials: Molecular Design, Solution
Self‐Assembly
and Biomedical Applications. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202000536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Linfeng Fan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry, 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, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry, 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, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Liu Z, Yang Z, Chen X, Tan R, Li G, Gan Z, Shao Y, He J, Zhang Z, Li W, Zhang WB, Dong XH. Discrete Giant Polymeric Chains Based on Nanosized Monomers. JACS AU 2021; 1:79-86. [PMID: 34467271 PMCID: PMC8395638 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.0c00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
As size-amplified analogues of canonical macromolecules, polymeric chains built up by "giant" monomers represent an experimental realization of the "beads-on-a-string" model at larger length scales, which could provide insights into fundamental principles of polymer science. In this work, we modularly constructed discrete giant polymeric chains using nanosized building blocks (polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, POSS) as basic repeat units through an efficient and robust iterative exponential growth approach, with precise control on molecular parameters, including size, composition, regioconfiguration, and surface functionalities. Their chemical structures were fully characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, size-exclusion chromatography, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. With elaborately designed amphiphilic block POSS chains and their analogues made of conventional monomers, the size effects were delicately studied and highlighted. Interesting assembly behaviors emerge as a result of distinct interactions and molecular dynamics. This category of molecules shares general self-assembly characteristics as the conventional counterparts in terms of phase transition and evolution. Meanwhile, it turns out that the monomer size has profound impacts on phase stability, as a trade-off between entropic and enthalpic contributions. It may open up a door for modular and programmable design of interesting materials with complex structures and diverse functions.
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- Zhongguo Liu
- South
China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School
of Molecular Science and Engineering, South
China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South
China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School
of Molecular Science and Engineering, South
China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South
China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School
of Molecular Science and Engineering, South
China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South
China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School
of Molecular Science and Engineering, South
China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South
China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School
of Molecular Science and Engineering, South
China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South
China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School
of Molecular Science and Engineering, South
China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education,
Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of
Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education,
Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- South
China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School
of Molecular Science and Engineering, South
China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Li G, Gan Z, Liu Y, Wang S, Guo QY, Liu Z, Tan R, Zhou D, Kong D, Wen T, Dong XH. Molecular Patchy Clusters with Controllable Symmetry Breaking for Structural Engineering. ACS NANO 2020; 14:13816-13823. [PMID: 32935968 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Anisotropic patchy particles with molecular precision are exquisite building blocks for constructing diverse meso-structures of high complexity. In this research, a library of molecular patchy clusters consisting of a collection of functional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cages with exact regio-configuration and composition were prepared through a robust and modular approach. By meticulously tuning the composition, molecular symmetry, and other parameters, these patchy clusters could assemble into diverse nanostructures, including unconventional complex spherical phases (i.e., Frank-Kasper σ phase and dodecagonal quasicrystalline phase). As the size of the hydrophilic patch expands, a transition sequence from disorder to hexagonally packed cylinders and then to double gyroids was recorded, corresponding to a progressive decrease of interfacial curvature. On the other hand, regioisomers with the same composition but different regio-configuration adopt similar molecular packing but varied phase stability, as a result of the local self-sorting process to alleviate excess unfavorable interfacial contact. These precisely defined molecular patchy clusters provide a model system for a general understanding of the hierarchical structure formation and evolution based on anisotropic spherical building blocks at the nanoscale.
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- Gang Li
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Wei Zhang
- Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, The Department
of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Zhang W, Cao Y, Lai Z, Yu S, Yang T, Liu X, Guo QY, Liu Y, Chen W, Huang M, Wang J, Cheng SZD. Hierarchical Structure with an Unusual Honeycomb Fullerene Scaffold by a Fullerene–Triphenylene Shape Amphiphile. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Wei Zhang
- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Printed Electronics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Li Z, Hu J, Yang L, Zhang X, Liu X, Wang Z, Li Y. Integrated POSS-dendrimer nanohybrid materials: current status and future perspective. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:11395-11415. [PMID: 32432308 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr02394a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-dendrimer hybrid materials have attracted great interest in the past ten years. The integration of inorganic POSS and organic dendrimer blocks in a single-phase material offers numerous possibilities to access desirable mechanical, optical, and biomedical properties for various applications. In this review article, we describe several kinds of POSS-dendrimer hybrid materials (POSS as the core, surface functionality, repeating unit of dendrimers and the POSS-dendron conjugates) with an emphasis on their synthetic strategies, tunable macroscopic properties, and potential applications. Moreover, the current trends, challenges and future directions of POSS-dendrimer hybrid materials are elaborated.
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- Zhan Li
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Pritzker School of Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Wang L, Partridge BE, Huang N, Olsen JT, Sahoo D, Zeng X, Ungar G, Graf R, Spiess HW, Percec V. Extraordinary Acceleration of Cogwheel Helical Self-Organization of Dendronized Perylene Bisimides by the Dendron Sequence Encoding Their Tertiary Structure. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9525-9536. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Li Wang
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Wu T, Ding M, Shi C, Qiao Y, Wang P, Qiao R, Wang X, Zhong J. Resorbable polymer electrospun nanofibers: History, shapes and application for tissue engineering. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Shao Y, Yang S, Zhang WB. Macromolecular Isomerism in Giant Molecules. Chemistry 2020; 26:2985-2992. [PMID: 31724250 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Macromolecular isomerism has been an important yet largely understudied subject. Giant molecules based on molecular nanoparticles exhibit properties highly dependent on the primary structures, providing a platform for such studies. Various isomers have been designed, synthesized and characterized, including sequence-, regio-, and topo-isomers. The self-assembly of these isomers is influenced by the distinct symmetry and collective interaction of each building block in a subtle and delicate way. The results suggest that isomerism may be exploited as a new way for fine-tuning the structures and properties of macromolecules, which should be of great interest in both fundamental research and technical innovation.
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- Yu Shao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and College of Material Science and Engineering, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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Xu X, Shao Y, Wang W, Zhu L, Liu H, Yang S. Fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes end-capped poly(ethylene oxide) giant surfactants: precise synthesis and interfacial behaviors. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.122055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Guo Q, Zhang B, Feng X, Yan X, Su Z, Cheng SZD, Yue K. Controlling the Periodically Ordered Nanostructures in Ceramics: A Macromolecule‐Guided Strategy. Macromol Rapid Commun 2019; 41:e1900534. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201900534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Qing‐Yun Guo
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325‐3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325‐3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325‐3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325‐3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringThe University of Akron Akron OH 44325‐3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and EngineeringSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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Partridge BE, Wang L, Sahoo D, Olsen JT, Leowanawat P, Roche C, Ferreira H, Reilly KJ, Zeng X, Ungar G, Heiney PA, Graf R, Spiess HW, Percec V. Sequence-Defined Dendrons Dictate Supramolecular Cogwheel Assembly of Dendronized Perylene Bisimides. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:15761-15766. [PMID: 31529966 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A dendronized perylene bisimide (PBI) that self-organizes into hexagonal arrays of supramolecular double helices with identical single-crystal-like order that disregards chirality was recently reported. A cogwheel model of self-assembly that explains this process was proposed. Accessing the highly ordered cogwheel phase required very slow heating and cooling or extended periods of annealing. Analogous PBIs with linear alkyl chains did not exhibit the cogwheel assembly. Here a library of sequence-defined dendrons containing all possible compositions of linear and racemic alkyl chains was employed to construct self-assembling PBIs. Thermal and structural analysis of their assemblies by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and fiber X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed that the incorporation of n-alkyl chains accelerates the formation of the high order cogwheel phase, rendering the previously invisible phase accessible under standard heating and cooling rates. Small changes to the primary structure, as constitutional isomerism, result in significant changes to macroscopic properties such as melting of the periodic array. This study demonstrated how changes to the sequence-defined primary structure, including the relocation of methyl groups between two constitutional isomers, dictate tertiary and quaternary structure in hierarchical assemblies. This led to the discovery of a sequence that self-organizes the cogwheel assembly much faster than even the corresponding homochiral compounds and demonstrated that defined-sequence, which has long been recognized as a determinant for the complex structure of biomacromolecules including proteins and nucleic acids, plays the same role also in supramolecular synthetic systems.
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- Benjamin E Partridge
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States.,College of Materials Science and Engineering , Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Sheffield , Sheffield S1 3JD , United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Sheffield , Sheffield S1 3JD , United Kingdom.,State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6396 , United States
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104-6323 , United States
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Su Z, Hsu CH, Gong Z, Feng X, Huang J, Zhang R, Wang Y, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Li T, Seifert S, Zhang W, Aida T, Huang M, Cheng SZD. Identification of a Frank-Kasper Z phase from shape amphiphile self-assembly. Nat Chem 2019; 11:899-905. [PMID: 31548666 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0330-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Frank-Kasper phases, a family of ordered structures formed from particles with spherical motifs, are found in a host of materials, such as metal alloys, inorganic colloids and various types of soft matter. All the experimentally observed Frank-Kasper phases can be constructed from the basic units of three fundamental structures called the A15, C15 and Z phases. The Z phase, typically observed in metal alloys, is associated with a relatively large volume ratio between its constituents, and this constraint inhibits its formation in most self-assembled single-component soft-matter systems. We have assembled a series of nanosized shape amphiphiles that comprise a triphenylene core and six polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cages grafted onto it through linkers to give a variety of unconventional structures, which include the Z phase. This structure was obtained through fine tuning of the linker lengths between the core and the peripheral polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cages, and exhibits a relatively large volume asymmetry between its constituent polyhedral particle motifs.
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- Zebin Su
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. .,Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA.
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Zhang W, Liu Y, Huang J, Liu T, Xu W, Cheng SZD, Dong XH. Engineering self-assembly of giant molecules in the condensed state based on molecular nanoparticles. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:7108-7116. [PMID: 31482930 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01502g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In biological systems, it is well-known that the activities and functions of biomacromolecules are dictated not only by their primary chemistries, but also by their secondary, tertiary, and quaternary hierarchical structures. Achieving control of similar levels in synthetic macromolecules is yet to be demonstrated. Most of the critical molecular parameters associated with molecular and hierarchical structures, such as size, composition, topology, sequence, and stereochemistry, are heterogenous, which impedes the exploration and understanding of structure formation and manipulation. Alternatively, in the past few years we have developed a unique giant molecule system based on molecular nanoparticles, in which the above-mentioned molecular parameters, as well as interactions, are precisely defined and controlled. These molecules could self-assemble into a myriad of unconventional and unique structures in the bulk, thin films, and solution. Giant molecules thus offer a robust platform to manipulate the hierarchical structures via precise and modular assemblies of building blocks in an amplified size level compared with small molecules. It has been found that they are not only scientifically intriguing, but also technologically relevant.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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Chen F, Lin F, Zhang Q, Cai R, Wu Y, Ma X. Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Hybrid Polymers: Well‐Defined Architectural Design and Potential Functional Applications. Macromol Rapid Commun 2019; 40:e1900101. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201900101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Fang Chen
- Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen Shenzhen 518097 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and ChemistryMinistry of EducationNorthwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an 710129 P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and ChemistryMinistry of EducationNorthwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an 710129 P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and ChemistryMinistry of EducationNorthwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an 710129 P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and ChemistryMinistry of EducationNorthwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an 710129 P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and ChemistryMinistry of EducationNorthwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an 710129 P. R. China
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- Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen Shenzhen 518097 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and ChemistryMinistry of EducationNorthwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an 710129 P. R. China
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Zhang R, Feng X, Zhang R, Shan W, Su Z, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Huang J, Yan X, Liu T, Li T, Huang M, Lin Z, Shi A, Cheng SZD. Breaking Parallel Orientation of Rods via a Dendritic Architecture toward Diverse Supramolecular Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201904749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ruimeng Zhang
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Akron Akron OH 44325 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
- Department of Chemistry The University of Akron Akron OH 44325 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL 60115 USA
- X-ray Science Division Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory Argonne IL 60439 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy McMaster University Hamilton Ontario L8S 4M1 Canada
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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Feng X, Liu G, Guo D, Lang K, Zhang R, Huang J, Su Z, Li Y, Huang M, Li T, Cheng SZD. Transition Kinetics of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Dodecagonal Quasicrystal and Frank-Kasper σ Phases in AB n Dendron-Like Giant Molecules. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:875-881. [PMID: 35619505 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of noncrystalline ABn dendron-like giant molecules DPOSS-MPOSSn (n = 2-6, DPOSS: hydrophilic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cage; MPOSS: hydrophobic POSS cage) were synthesized. These samples present a thermodynamically stable phase formation sequence from the hexagonal cylinder phase (plane group of P6mm), to the Frank-Kasper (F-K) A15 phase (space group of Pm3̅n), and further to the F-K σ phase (space group of P42/mnm), with increasing the number of MPOSS in a single molecule (n, from 2 to 6). Moreover, for DPOSS-MPOSS5 and DPOSS-MPOSS6, an intriguing dodecagonal quasicrystal (DQC) structure has been identified and revealed as a kinetic favorable metastable phase at lower temperatures, while the thermodynamically stable phase is the σ phase. The detailed investigation of the transition kinetics between the DQC and σ phase in these samples makes it possible to identify how the self-assembly directs the phase transition in terms of molecular and supramolecular aspects.
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- Xueyan Feng
- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, The School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, The School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Zhang R, Feng X, Zhang R, Shan W, Su Z, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Huang J, Yan X, Liu T, Li T, Huang M, Lin Z, Shi A, Cheng SZD. Breaking Parallel Orientation of Rods via a Dendritic Architecture toward Diverse Supramolecular Structures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:11879-11885. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ruimeng Zhang
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Akron Akron OH 44325 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
- Department of Chemistry The University of Akron Akron OH 44325 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL 60115 USA
- X-ray Science Division Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory Argonne IL 60439 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy McMaster University Hamilton Ontario L8S 4M1 Canada
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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Shao Y, Chen J, Ren XK, Zhang X, Yin GZ, Li X, Wang J, Wesdemiotis C, Zhang WB, Yang S, Sun B, Zhu M. Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Characterization of Tandem Triblock BPOSS-PDI-X Shape Amphiphiles. Molecules 2019; 24:E2114. [PMID: 31167411 PMCID: PMC6600600 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24112114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In this article, we report the facile synthesis, self-assembly, and characterization of shape amphiphiles (BPOSS-PDI-X) based on isobutyl-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (BPOSS), perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PDI), and (60)fullerene (C60) moieties. Firstly, an asymmetrically functionalized diblock shape amphiphile precursor (BPOSS-PDI-OH) was obtained through the one-pot reaction between perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride and two different amines, namely BPOSS-NH2 and 3-amino-1-propanol. It was further conjugated with C60-COOH to give a tri-block shape amphiphile (BPOSS-PDI-C60). Their chemical structures were thoroughly characterized by NMR, IR and MALDI-TOF MS spectrometry. In order to gain insights on the structure-property relationship, their self-assembly in gas phase, in solution, and in solid state were characterized using traveling wave ion mobility mass spectrometry (TWIM-MS), UV/Vis absorption, fluorescence emission spectrophotometer, and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. It was found that BPOSS-PDI-OH formed more complicated dimers than BPOSS-PDI-C60. Both samples showed unique aggregation behaviors in solution with increasing concentration, which could be attributed neither to H- nor to J-type and might be related to the discrete dimers. While BPOSS-PDI-C60 could hardly crystalize into ordered structures, BPOSS-PDI-OH could form nanobelt-shaped single crystals, which may hold potential applications in microelectronics.
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- Yu Shao
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and College of Material Science and Engineering, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and College of Material Science and Engineering, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and College of Material Science and Engineering, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
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- South China Advanced Institute of Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and College of Material Science and Engineering, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and College of Material Science and Engineering, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials and College of Material Science and Engineering, Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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Wilson DA, Andreopoulou KA, Peterca M, Leowanawat P, Sahoo D, Partridge BE, Xiao Q, Huang N, Heiney PA, Percec V. Supramolecular Spheres Self-Assembled from Conical Dendrons Are Chiral. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:6162-6166. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Daniela A. Wilson
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Shao Y, Xu X, Yin GZ, Han SY, Han D, Fu Q, Yang S, Zhang WB. Symmetry-Dictated Mesophase Formation and Phase Diagram of Perfluorinated Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Yu Shao
- Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Self-assembling dendrimers have facilitated the discovery of periodic and quasiperiodic arrays of supramolecular architectures and the diverse functions derived from them. Examples are liquid quasicrystals and their approximants plus helical columns and spheres, including some that disregard chirality. The same periodic and quasiperiodic arrays were subsequently found in block copolymers, surfactants, lipids, glycolipids, and other complex molecules. Here we report the discovery of lamellar and hexagonal periodic arrays on the surface of vesicles generated from sequence-defined bicomponent monodisperse oligomers containing lipid and glycolipid mimics. These vesicles, known as glycodendrimersomes, act as cell-membrane mimics with hierarchical morphologies resembling bicomponent rafts. These nanosegregated morphologies diminish sugar-sugar interactions enabling stronger binding to sugar-binding proteins than densely packed arrangements of sugars. Importantly, this provides a mechanism to encode the reactivity of sugars via their interaction with sugar-binding proteins. The observed sugar phase-separated hierarchical arrays with lamellar and hexagonal morphologies that encode biological recognition are among the most complex architectures yet discovered in soft matter. The enhanced reactivity of the sugar displays likely has applications in material science and nanomedicine, with potential to evolve into related technologies.
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Buzzacchera I, Xiao Q, Han H, Rahimi K, Li S, Kostina NY, Toebes BJ, Wilner SE, Möller M, Rodriguez-Emmenegger C, Baumgart T, Wilson DA, Wilson CJ, Klein ML, Percec V. Screening Libraries of Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Based on Natural Phenolic Acids to Discover Monodisperse Unilamellar Dendrimersomes. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:712-727. [PMID: 30354069 PMCID: PMC6571140 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Natural, including plant, and synthetic phenolic acids are employed as building blocks for the synthesis of constitutional isomeric libraries of self-assembling dendrons and dendrimers that are the simplest examples of programmed synthetic macromolecules. Amphiphilic Janus dendrimers are synthesized from a diversity of building blocks including natural phenolic acids. They self-assemble in water or buffer into vesicular dendrimersomes employed as biological membrane mimics, hybrid and synthetic cells. These dendrimersomes are predominantly uni- or multilamellar vesicles with size and polydispersity that is predicted by their primary structure. However, in numerous cases, unilamellar dendrimersomes completely free of multilamellar assemblies are desirable. Here, we report the synthesis and structural analysis of a library containing 13 amphiphilic Janus dendrimers containing linear and branched alkyl chains on their hydrophobic part. They were prepared by an optimized iterative modular synthesis starting from natural phenolic acids. Monodisperse dendrimersomes were prepared by injection and giant polydisperse by hydration. Both were structurally characterized to select the molecular design principles that provide unilamellar dendrimersomes in higher yields and shorter reaction times than under previously used reaction conditions. These dendrimersomes are expected to provide important tools for synthetic cell biology, encapsulation, and delivery.
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- Irene Buzzacchera
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- DWI−Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- NovioSense B.V., Transistorweg 5, 6534 AT Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- DWI−Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- DWI−Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- DWI−Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI−Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Institute of Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Mao J, Zhang W, Cheng SZ, Wesdemiotis C. Analysis of monodisperse, sequence-defined, and POSS-functionalized polyester copolymers by MALDI tandem mass spectrometry. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2019; 25:164-174. [PMID: 30773922 DOI: 10.1177/1469066719828875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Monodisperse, sequence-defined polymers can be potentially used for digital data storage. This study reports the sequence analysis and differentiation of monodisperse polyester copolymers carrying side chains functionalized in a specific order by polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles. Steglich esterification and succinic anhydride ring-opening chemistries were utilized iteratively to synthesize the intended sequences, which were characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization tandem mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS2). Isomeric oligomers were readily distinguished based on their different fragmentation patterns. The sequences embedded in the oligomers were decrypted by their specific backbone dissociation pathways. The robustness of using MALDI-MS2 as a sequencing method for monodisperse synthetic macromolecules was assessed and validated by the characterization of longer oligomers.
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- Jialin Mao
- 1 Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- 2 Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- 2 Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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- 1 Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
- 2 Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
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Han D, Shao Y, Tao YD, Han G, Zhou DL, Yang S, Zhang WB, Fu Q. Symmetry-guided, divergent assembly of regio-isomeric molecular Janus particles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:6425-6428. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02296a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Varying a single regio-configuration diverges the assembly outcome into distinct morphologies as mandated by their molecular symmetries.
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- Di Han
- College of Polymer Science & Engineering
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Peking University
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials
- College of Material Science and Engineering
- Donghua University
- Shanghai 201620
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Peking University
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- College of Polymer Science & Engineering
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610065
- P. R. China
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Zhang W, Shan W, Zhang S, Liu Y, Su H, Luo J, Xia Y, Li T, Wesdemiotis C, Liu T, Cui H, Li Y, Cheng SZD. Sequence isomeric giant surfactants with distinct self-assembly behaviors in solution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:636-639. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09207a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two sequence isomeric giant surfactants exhibit distinguished self-assembly behaviors, which is caused by the different molecular packing conformations induced by their distinct molecular sequences.
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Liu P, Ma H, Han L, Shen H, Yang L, Li C, Hao X, Li Y. Investigation of the Locked-Unlocked Mechanism in Living Anionic Polymerization Realized with 1-(Tri-isopropoxymethylsilylphenyl)-1-phenylethylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201809857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Pibo Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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Holerca MN, Sahoo D, Partridge BE, Peterca M, Zeng X, Ungar G, Percec V. Dendronized Poly(2-oxazoline) Displays within only Five Monomer Repeat Units Liquid Quasicrystal, A15 and σ Frank–Kasper Phases. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:16941-16947. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Marian N. Holerca
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
- State Key
Laboratory
for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Liu P, Ma H, Han L, Shen H, Yang L, Li C, Hao X, Li Y. Investigation of the Locked-Unlocked Mechanism in Living Anionic Polymerization Realized with 1-(Tri-isopropoxymethylsilylphenyl)-1-phenylethylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:16538-16543. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Pibo Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Liaoning Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Engineering; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; Dalian 116024 China
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Xu L, Zhang WB. The pursuit of precision in macromolecular science: Concepts, trends, and perspectives. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Zhang W, Zhang S, Guo Q, Lu X, Liu Y, Mao J, Wesdemiotis C, Li T, Li Y, Cheng SZD. Multilevel Manipulation of Supramolecular Structures of Giant Molecules via Macromolecular Composition and Sequence. ACS Macro Lett 2018; 7:635-640. [PMID: 35632969 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We have successfully synthesized a series of monodispersed chain-like giant molecules with precisely controlled macromolecular composition and sequence based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles using an orthogonal "click" strategy. Their nonspherical supramolecular structures, such as lamellae, double gyroids, and hexagonal packed cylinders, are mainly determined by the composition (namely, the number of incorporated amphiphilic nanoparticles). In addition, by precisely alternating the sequence of arranged nanoparticles in the giant molecules with identical chemical compositions, the domain sizes of their supramolecular structures could be fine-tuned. This is attributed to the macromolecular conformational differences caused by collective hydrogen bonding interactions in each set of sequence isomeric giant molecules. This work has demonstrated multilevel manipulation of supramolecular structures of giant molecules: coarse tuning by composition and fine-tuning by sequence.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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Sahoo D, Peterca M, Aqad E, Partridge BE, Klein ML, Percec V. Losing supramolecular orientational memory via self-organization of a misfolded secondary structure. Polym Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py00187a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Comparing the self-organization of two dendronized perylene bisimides reveals how structurally defective primary structure eliminates memory function via hierarchical self-organization.
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- Dipankar Sahoo
- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- Institute of Computational Molecular Science
- Temple University
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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