When many of the currently largest chemical companies were founded about 150 years ago,
textile dyes constituted their first products. Interestingly, while most of the utilized colorants …

This review discusses one-dimensional supramolecular polymers that form in aqueous
media. First, naturally occurring supramolecular polymers are described, in particular …

Perylene bisimides are among the most valuable functional dyes and have numerous
potential applications. As a result of their chemical robustness, photostability, and …

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides direct structural information on nano‐
structured materials and is popular as a characterization tool in soft matter and …

The influence of the ratio between poor and good solvent on the stability and dynamics of
supramolecular polymers is studied via a combination of experiments and simulations. Step …

1. INTRODUCTION: GOALS OF MULTICHROMOPHORE STUDIES Multichromophoric
systems have gained intense interest in recent decades. 1 The arraying of chromophores at …

Nature uses a combination of non-covalent interactions to create a hierarchy of complex
systems from simple building blocks. One example is the selective association of the …

The emblematic perylenediimide (PDI) motif which was initially used as a simple dye has
undergone incredible development in recent decades. The increasing power of synthetic …

The low molecular weight heteroditopic monomer 1 forms supramolecular polymers in polar
solution as shown, for example, by infrared laser-based dynamic light scattering (DLS) …

Conspectus Most robust functional organic materials are currently based on polymers.
These materials exhibit high stability, but once formed they are difficult to modify, adapt to …