Progress in the self-assembly of organic/inorganic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) hybrids

MG Mohamed, SW Kuo - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This Review describes recent progress in the self-assembly of organic/inorganic POSS
hybrids derived from mono-, di-, and multi-functionalized POSS cages. We highlight the self …

Integrated POSS-dendrimer nanohybrid materials: current status and future perspective

Z Li, J Hu, L Yang, X Zhang, X Liu, Z Wang, Y Li - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-dendrimer hybrid materials have attracted
great interest in the past ten years. The integration of inorganic POSS and organic …

Expanding quasiperiodicity in soft matter: Supramolecular decagonal quasicrystals by binary giant molecule blends

Y Liu, T Liu, XY Yan, QY Guo, H Lei… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The quasiperiodic structures in metal alloys have been known to depend on the existence of
icosahedral order in the melt. Among different phases observed in intermetallics, decagonal …

Complex phase behavior in particle-forming AB/AB′ diblock copolymer blends with variable core block lengths

AP Lindsay, GK Cheong, AJ Peterson… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, a wealth of complexity has been reported in the packing of
compositionally asymmetric, particle-forming diblock copolymer melts, beginning with the …

[HTML][HTML] Construction Archimedean tiling patterns based on soft materials from block copolymers and covalent organic frameworks

SW Kuo - Giant, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft materials based on block copolymers or covalent organic frameworks (COFs) that
exhibit Archimedean tiling patterns have attracted significant interest due to their potential …

Precisely Constructing Superlattices of Soft Giant Molecules via Regulating Volume Asymmetry

H Lei, XY Liu, Y Wang, XH Li, XY Yan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soft matters, particularly giant molecular self-assembly, have successfully replicated
complex structures previously exclusive to metal alloys. These superlattices are constructed …

Dodecagonal quasicrystals of oil-swollen ionic surfactant micelles

A Jayaraman, CM Baez-Cotto… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
A delicate balance of noncovalent interactions directs the hierarchical self-assembly of
molecular amphiphiles into spherical micelles that pack into three-dimensional periodic …

Quasicrystalline materials from non-atom building blocks

Y Nagaoka, J Schneider, H Zhu, O Chen - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
The discovery of quasicrystals (awarded with the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) generated
a revolutionary impact on crystallography, and hence a plethora of structural topics across a …

Mesoscale Frank–Kasper crystal structures from dendron assembly by controlling core apex interactions

T Jun, H Park, S Jeon, S Jo, H Ahn… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Single-component polymeric materials open up a great potential for self-assembly into
mesoscale complex crystal structures that are known as Frank–Kasper (FK) phases …

Spherical packing superlattices in self-assembly of homogenous soft matter: progresses and potentials

Y Liu, H Lei, QY Guo, X Liu, X Li, Y Wu, W Li… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The construction of complex superlattices using homogenous soft matter has great potential
for the bottom-up fabrication of complex, nanoscale structures. This topic is not only …