Importing self-repair or self-healing features into inert materials is of great relevance to
material scientists, since it is expected to eliminate the necessity of replenishing a damaged …

The origin of life is a fascinating, unresolved problem whose deciphering would have
important scientific, epistemological and social implications. Over time, philosophers and …

Dynamic combinatorial chemistry is defined as combinatorial chemistry under
thermodynamic control; that is, in a dynamic combinatorial library (DCL), all constituents are …

Reversible covalent bond formation under thermodynamic control adds reactivity to self-
assembled supramolecular systems, and is therefore an ideal tool to assess complexity of …

The two-volume Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry offers authoritative, centralized
information on a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. User-friendly and high-quality …

Nucleic acids play crucial roles in transferring cellular information and gene regulations.
DNA and RNA molecules have been associated with multiple human diseases and thus …

Dynamic combinatorial chemistry makes use of reversible reactions between functionalised
monomeric building blocks to generate a mixture of products (dimers or oligomers) under …

Nature has, through billions of years of evolution, assembled a multitude of polymeric
macromolecules capable of exquisite molecular recognition. This functionality arises from …

A combinatorial library that responds to its target by increasing the concentration of strong
binders at the expense of weak binders sounds ideal. Dynamic combinatorial chemistry has …

Numerical simulations are presented that describe the adaptive behavior of simple dynamic
combinatorial libraries (DCLs) upon addition of a target. By studying the effect of various …