[HTML][HTML] Artificial molecular machines

S Erbas-Cakmak, DA Leigh, CT McTernan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

Aromatic amide foldamers: structures, properties, and functions

DW Zhang, X Zhao, JL Hou, ZT Li - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
The past several decades have witnessed great progress in the understanding of the high-
order structure of biomacromolecules. Currently, it is well-recognized that folding of proteins …

Synthetic foldamers

G Guichard, I Huc - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Foldamers are artificial folded molecular architectures inspired by the structures and
functions of biopolymers. This highlight focuses on important developments concerning …

Synthetic molecular motors and mechanical machines

ER Kay, DA Leigh, F Zerbetto - … Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of controlled molecular‐level motion in key natural processes suggests
that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of …

Synthetic helical polymers: conformation and function

T Nakano, Y Okamoto - Chemical Reviews, 2001 - ACS Publications
The high functionalities of naturally occurring macromolecules such as proteins and genes
arise from their precisely ordered stereostructures. 1 In such systems, the helix is often found …

Applications of discrete synthetic macromolecules in life and materials science: recent and future trends

R Aksakal, C Mertens, M Soete, N Badi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, the field of sequence‐defined polymers and related ultraprecise,
monodisperse synthetic macromolecules has grown exponentially. In the early stage, mainly …

Chiral architectures from macromolecular building blocks

JJLM Cornelissen, AE Rowan, RJM Nolte… - Chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
In the course of evolution, Nature has developed a multitude of biomacromolecules tailored
to deal with complicated tasks such as information storage, support of tissue, transport, and …

Grid‐type metal ion architectures: functional metallosupramolecular arrays

M Ruben, J Rojo, FJ Romero‐Salguero… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in supramolecular coordination chemistry allow access to transition‐metal
complexes of grid‐type architecture comprising two‐dimensional arrays of metal ions …

Interconversion of single and double helices formed from synthetic molecular strands

V Berl, I Huc, RG Khoury, MJ Krische, JM Lehn - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Synthetic single-helical conformations are quite common, but the formation of double helices
based on recognition between the two constituent strands is relatively rare. Known …

Self-assembly of disk-shaped molecules to coiled-coil aggregates with tunable helicity

H Engelkamp, S Middelbeek, R JM, Nolte - Science, 1999 - science.org
A disk-shaped molecule with chiral tails is shown to form long fibers of molecular diameter
and micrometer length by self-assembly in chloroform. The molecules are derived from …