Using reversible non-covalent and covalent bonds to create assemblies and equilibrating molecular networks that survive 5 molar urea

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2081-2086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meagan A. Beatty ◽  
Aidan T. Pye ◽  
Alok Shaurya ◽  
Belim Kim ◽  
Allison J. Selinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Molecular Networks ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Reversible Covalent

Molecules that assemble through reversible covalent and noncovalent interactions achieve self-assembly at extreme levels of urea and NaCl.

scholarly journals Pillararenes Trimer for Self-Assembly

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huacheng Zhang ◽  
Zhaona Liu ◽  
Hui Fu
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Click Reaction ◽  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Coupling Reaction ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Guest Molecules ◽  
Palladium Catalyzed ◽  
Noncovalent Bonds ◽  
External Stimuli

Pillararenes trimer with particularly designed structural geometry and excellent capacity of recognizing guest molecules is a very efficient and attractive building block for the fabrication of advanced self-assembled materials. Pillararenes trimers could be prepared via both covalent and noncovalent bonds. The classic organic synthesis reactions such as click reaction, palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction, amidation, esterification, and aminolysis are employed to build covalent bonds and integrate three pieces of pillararenes subunits together into the “star-shaped” trimers and linear foldamers. Alternatively, pillararenes trimers could also be assembled in the form of host-guest inclusions and mechanically interlocked molecules via noncovalent interactions, and during those procedures, pillararenes units contribute the cavity for recognizing guest molecules and act as a “wheel” subunit, respectively. By fully utilizing the driving forces such as host-guest interactions, charge transfer, hydrophobic, hydrogen bonding, and C–H…π and π–π stacking interactions, pillararenes trimers-based supramolecular self-assemblies provide a possibility in the construction of multi-dimensional materials such as vesicular and tubular aggregates, layered networks, as well as frameworks. Interestingly, those assembled materials exhibit interesting external stimuli responsiveness to e.g., variable concentrations, changed pH values, different temperature, as well as the addition/removal of competition guests and ions. Thus, they could further be used for diverse applications such as detection, sorption, and separation of significant multi-analytes including metal cations, anions, and amino acids.

The Underlying Chemistry of Self-Healing Materials

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 759-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle A. Williams ◽  
Daniel R. Dreyer ◽  
Christopher W. Bielawski
Keyword(s):  
Ring Opening ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ring Opening Reactions ◽  
Ligand Interactions ◽  
Reversible Covalent ◽  
Metal Ligand

AbstractOver the past ten years, a broad range of self-healing materials, systems that can detect when they have been damaged and heal themselves either spontaneously or with the aid of a stimulus, has emerged. Although many unique compositions and components are used to create these materials, they all employ basic chemical reactions to facilitate repair processes. Kinetically controlled ring-opening reactions and reversible metal–ligand interactions have proven useful in autonomic self-healing materials, which require no stimulus (other than the formation of damage) for operation. In contrast, nonautonomic self-healing materials, which require some type of externally applied stimulus (such as heat or light) to enable healing functions, have capitalized on chemistries that utilize either reversible covalent bonds or various types of noncovalent interactions. This review describes the underlying chemistries used in state-of-the-art self-healing materials, as well as those currently in development.

scholarly journals Pillararenes Trimer for Self-Assembly

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huacheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Click Reaction ◽  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Coupling Reaction ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Guest Molecules ◽  
Palladium Catalyzed ◽  
Noncovalent Bonds ◽  
External Stimuli

Pillararenes trimer with particularly designed structural geometry and excellent capacity of recognizing guest molecules is a very efficient and attractive building block for the fabrication of advanced self-assembled materials. Pillararenes trimers could be prepared via both covalent and noncovalent bonds. The classic organic synthesis reactions such as click reaction, Palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction, amidation, esterification and aminolysis are employed to build covalent bonds and integrate three pieces of pillararenes subunits together into the “star-shaped” trimers and linear foldamers. Alternatively, pillararenes trimers could also be assembled in the form of host-guest inclusions and mechanically interlocked molecules via noncovalent interactions, and during those procedures, pillararenes units contribute the cavity for recognizing guest molecules and act as a “wheel” subunit, respectively. By fully utilizing the driving forces such as host-guest interactions, charge transfer, hydrophobic, hydrogen bonding, C—H…π and π—π stacking interactions, pillararenes trimers-based supramolecular self-assemblies provide a possibility in the construction of multi-dimensional materials such as vesicular and tubular aggregates, layered networks, as well as frameworks. Interestingly, those assembled materials exhibit interesting external stimuli responsiveness to e.g., variable concentrations, changed pH values, different temperature, as well as the addition/removal of competition guests and ions. Thus, they could further be used for diverse applications such as detection, sorption and separation of significant multi-analytes including metal cations, anions and amino acids.

Celastrol binds to its target protein via specific noncovalent interactions and reversible covalent bonds

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (91) ◽  
pp. 12871-12874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duo Zhang ◽  
Ziwen Chen ◽  
Chaochao Hu ◽  
Siwei Yan ◽  
Zhuoer Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Binding Specificity ◽  
Target Protein ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Reversible Covalent

Celastrol binding to its target protein Nur77 requires specific noncovalent interactions that position celastrol close to a specific cysteine and furthermore confer its binding specificity.

Synthesis of dynamic imine macrocyclic supramolecular polymers via synchronized self-assembly based on dynamic covalent bonds and noncovalent interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (65) ◽  
pp. 9288-9291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenfeng He ◽  
Yufeng Huo ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Duo Pan ◽  
Binbin Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Single Step ◽  
The Self ◽  
Supramolecular Polymers ◽  
Aggregation Process ◽  
Covalent Bonds

The preparation of host imine macrocycles and the self-assembly aggregation process are merged into one single step for self-assembly to form dynamic imine macrocyclic supramolecular polymers.

Controllable Synthesis of Cobalt Porphyrin Nanocrystals through Micelle Confinement Self-Assembly

MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (42) ◽  
pp. 2147-2155
Author(s):  
Sudi Chen ◽  
Xitong Ren ◽  
Shufang Tian ◽  
Jiajie Sun ◽  
Feng Bai
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Water Oxidation ◽  
Separation Efficiency ◽  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
The Self ◽  
Hexagonal Prism ◽  
Assembly Process ◽  
Surfactant Micelles ◽  
Cobalt Porphyrin

AbstractThe self-assembly of optically active building blocks into functional nanocrystals as high-activity photocatalysts is a key in the field of photocatalysis. Cobalt porphyrin with abundant catalytic properties is extensively studied in photocatalytic water oxidation and CO2 reduction. Here, we present the fabrication of cobalt porphyrin nanocrystals through a surfactant-assisted interfacial self-assembly process using Co-tetra(4-pyridyl) porphyrin as building block. The self-assembly process relies on the combined noncovalent interactions such as π-π stacking and axial Co-N coordination between individual porphyrin molecules within surfactant micelles. Tuning different reaction conditions (temperature, the ratio of co-solvent DMF) and types of surfactant, various nanocrystals with well-defined 1D to 3D morphologies such as nanowires, nanorods and nano hexagonal prism were obtained. Due to the ordered accumulation of molecules, the nanocrystals exhibit the properties of the enhanced capability of visible light capture and can conduce to improve the transport and separation efficiency of the photogenerated carriers, which is important for photocatalysis. Further studies of photocatalytic CO2 reduction are being performed to address the relationship between the size and shape of the nanocrystals with the photocatalytic activity.

scholarly journals Formation of Au-Silane Bonds

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shira Yochelis ◽  
Eran Katzir ◽  
Yoav Kalcheim ◽  
Vitaly Gutkin ◽  
Oded Millo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Electronics ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Au Nanoparticles ◽  
Electrical Coupling ◽  
Gold Surface ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Fundamental Study ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Anchoring Groups

Many intriguing aspects of molecular electronics are attributed to organic-inorganic interactions, yet charge transfer through such junctions still requires fundamental study. Recently, there is a growing interest in anchoring groups, which considered dominating the charge transport. With this respect, we choose to investigate self-assembly of disilane molecules sandwiched between gold surface and gold nanoparticles. These assemblies are found to exhibit covalent bonds not only between the anchoring Si groups and the gold surfaces but also in plane crosslinks that increase the monolayer stability. Finally, using scanning tunneling spectroscopy we demonstrate that the disilane molecules provide strong electrical coupling between the Au nanoparticles and a superconductor substrate.

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