The role of architectural engineering in macromolecular self-assemblies via non-covalent interactions: A molecular LEGO approach

Z Su, R Zhang, XY Yan, QY Guo, J Huang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Macromolecular self-assembly has made explosive development in the last several
decades, are being extensively explored in the fields of drug delivery, lithography, catalysis …

Guidelines for superlattice engineering with giant molecules: The pivotal role of mesoatoms

XY Yan, Y Liu, XY Liu, H Lei, XH Li, Y Wang, W Li… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Soft materials with nanostructures, such as Frank-Kasper (FK) and related spherical phases,
have garnered significant interest in recent years. However, there is still a lack of rational …

[HTML][HTML] What is next in polymer-grafted plasmonic nanoparticles?

H Duan, Y Yang, Y Zhang, C Yi, Z Nie, J He - Giant, 2020 - Elsevier
Plasmonic metal nanoparticles have unique optical properties, such as localized surface
plasmon resonance resulting from the oscillation of free electrons. Integrating discrete …

Highly asymmetric phase behaviors of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based multiheaded giant surfactants

M Huang, K Yue, J Huang, C Liu, Z Zhou, J Wang… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This work reports the molecular design, synthesis, and systematic study on the bulk self-
assembly behaviors of three series of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-based …

Giant molecules: where chemistry, physics, and bio-science meet

GZ Yin, WB Zhang, SZD Cheng - Science China Chemistry, 2017 - Springer
This feature article focuses on the recent development of giant molecules, which has
emerged at the interface among chemistry, physics, and bio-science. Their molecular …

Recent advances in organic–inorganic well-defined hybrid polymers using controlled living radical polymerization techniques

Z Zhang, P Zhang, Y Wang, W Zhang - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid organic–inorganic materials comprised of well-defined polymers have been widely
recognized for a variety of applications due to their extraordinary properties based on the …

A noncrystallization approach toward uniform thylakoids-like 2D “nano-coins” and their grana-like 3D suprastructures

Z Lin, J Sun, Y Zhou, Y Wang, H Xu… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) circular shape nanostructures (eg,“nano-coins”) are ubiquitously
present in thylakoids and grana within chloroplasts of plant cells in nature. The design and …

Directed Self‐Assembly of Polystyrene‐Block‐Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Monolayer by Nano‐Trench for Nanopatterning

CH Tung, F Ye, WY Li, TA Nguyen, MC Lee, T Wen… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work pioneers to combine fast self‐assembly of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes
(POSS) nanocage‐based giant surfactants with high etching contrast and directed self …

Constructing a molecular theory of self-assembly: Interplay of ideas from surfactants and block copolymers

R Nagarajan - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Low molecular weight surfactants and high molecular weight block copolymers display
analogous self-assembly behavior in solutions and at interfaces, generating nanoscale …

Tunable affinity and molecular architecture lead to diverse self-assembled supramolecular structures in thin films

CH Hsu, XH Dong, Z Lin, B Ni, P Lu, Z Jiang, D Tian… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly behavior of specifically designed giant surfactants is systematically
studied in thin films using grazing incidence X-ray scattering and transmission electron …