Supramolecular chiral polymeric aggregates: Construction and applications

G Zhang, X Cheng, Y Wang, W Zhang - Aggregate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the mystery of natural homochirality, the design and construction of artificial
chiral systems with special functions including mechanics, chiroptical devices, and chiral …

Progress in aqueous dispersion RAFT PISA

D Ikkene, JL Six, K Ferji - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is an emerging platform technology offering
many advantages to produce polymeric nano-objects compared to the solvent switch …

Thermo-responsive chiral micelles as recyclable organocatalyst for asymmetric Rauhut-Currier reaction in water

L Xu, L Zhou, YX Li, RT Gao, Z Chen, N Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Develo** eco-friendly chiral organocatalysts with the combined advantages of
homogeneous catalysis and heterogeneous processes is greatly desired. In this work, a …

In situ controlled construction of a hierarchical supramolecular chiral liquid‐crystalline polymer assembly

X Cheng, T Miao, L Yin, Y Ji, Y Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hierarchical supramolecular chiral liquid‐crystalline (LC) polymer assemblies are
challenging to construct in situ in a controlled manner. Now, polymerization‐induced chiral …

Precise fabrication of porous polymer frameworks using rigid polyisocyanides as building blocks: from structural regulation to efficient iodine capture

XH Xu, YX Li, L Zhou, N Liu, ZQ Wu - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous materials have recently attracted much attention owing to their fascinating structures
and broad applications. Moreover, exploring novel porous polymers affording the efficient …

Controlled Synthesis of Cyclic‐Helical Polymers with Circularly Polarized Luminescence

L Xu, BR Gao, XH Xu, L Zhou, N Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic polymers attract attention because of their endless structure and unique properties,
which differ from the linear analogs. However, the synthesis of cyclic polymers is difficult and …

Controlling the multiple chiroptical inversion in biphasic liquid‐crystalline polymers

X Cheng, T Miao, Y Ma, X Zhu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While controlling the chirality and modulating the helicity is a challenging task, it attracts
great research interest for gaining a better understanding of the origin of chirality in nature …

Efficient access to inverse bicontinuous mesophases via polymerization-induced cooperative assembly

F Lv, Z An, P Wu - CCS Chemistry, 2021 - chinesechemsoc.org
Polymerization-induced cooperative assembly (PICA) is reported to efficiently access
inverse bicontinuous mesophases within particles consisting of amphiphilic block …

Conformationally supramolecular chirality prevails over configurational point chirality in side-chain liquid crystalline polymers

X Cheng, Y Gan, G Zhang, Q Song, Z Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In nature, the communication of primary amino acids in the polypeptides influences
molecular-level packing, supramolecular chirality, and the resulting protein structures. In …

Helical polymer self-assembly and chiral nanostructure formation

RA Scanga, JF Reuther - Polymer Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the pioneering efforts of Nolte, Okamoto and Green, the field of chiral helical polymers
has made significant inroads. Here, we review recent advances made in the design …