scholarly journals Hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals with broad-range blue phases

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 3150-3153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Saccone ◽  
Michael Pfletscher ◽  
Ellen Dautzenberg ◽  
Ronald Y. Dong ◽  
Carl A. Michal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Blue Phases ◽  
Hydrogen Bonded

A series of hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals with broad blue phases formed by self-assembly of low molecular weight building blocks is described.

scholarly journals Development of Natural-Drugs-Based Low-Molecular-Weight Supramolecular Gels

Gels ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Xiaoyi Feng ◽  
Yuning Luo ◽  
Fangjie Li ◽  
Xueting Jian ◽  
Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Drug Loading ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Assembly Mechanism ◽  
Supramolecular Gels ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Natural Drugs

Natural small molecular drugs with excellent biocompatibility, diverse pharmacological activities, and wide sources play an increasingly important role in the development of new drug and disease treatment. In recent years, the utilization of paclitaxel, camptothecin, rhein, curcumin, and other natural small molecular drugs with unique rigid backbone structures and modifiable multiple sites as building blocks to form gels by self-assembly has attracted widespread attention. The obtained low-molecular-weight supramolecular gel not only retains the general characteristics of the gel but also overcomes the shortcomings of natural drugs, such as poor water solubility and low bioavailability. It has the advantages of high drug loading, low toxicity, and outstanding stimulus responsiveness, which is widely used in biomedical fields. Here, we provided a comprehensive review of natural-drugs-based low-molecular-weight supramolecular gels reported in recent years and summarized their assembly mechanism, gel structure, gel properties, and potential applications. It is expected to provide a reference for further research of natural-drugs-based supramolecular gels.

Access to Metastable Gel States Using Seeded Self‐Assembly of Low‐Molecular‐Weight Gelators

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (12) ◽  
pp. 3800-3803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Wang ◽  
Robin M. de Kruijff ◽  
Matija Lovrak ◽  
Xuhong Guo ◽  
Rienk Eelkema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Low Molecular Weight Gelators

scholarly journals Thermally tunable selective formation of self-assembled fibers into two orthogonal directions in oriented liquid-crystalline smectic templates

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (69) ◽  
pp. 9954-9957
Author(s):  
Daisuke Yamaguchi ◽  
Yuka Ikemoto ◽  
Takashi Kato
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Layered Structures ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Smectic A ◽  
Orthogonal Grid ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Low Molecular Weight Gelators ◽  
Selective Formation

Two orthogonal (grid-like) and one directional fibrous structures are selectively formed through anisotropic self-assembly of low-molecular-weight gelators in liquid-crystalline smectic A templates depending on thermally tuned layered structures.

Amplified Analysis of Low-Molecular-Weight Substrates or Proteins by the Self-Assembly of DNAzyme−Aptamer Conjugates

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (18) ◽  
pp. 5804-5805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Li ◽  
Bella Shlyahovsky ◽  
Johann Elbaz ◽  
Itamar Willner
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Low Molecular Weight

Solvent-dependent self-assembly and morphological transition of low-molecular-weight azobenzene organogel

Tetrahedron ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (33) ◽  
pp. 4891-4895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Zhang ◽  
Shaoze Zhang ◽  
Junji Zhang ◽  
Liangliang Zhu ◽  
Dahui Qu
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Morphological Transition

Access to Metastable Gel States Using Seeded Self‐Assembly of Low‐Molecular‐Weight Gelators

2019 ◽  
Vol 131 (12) ◽  
pp. 3840-3843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Wang ◽  
Robin M. de Kruijff ◽  
Matija Lovrak ◽  
Xuhong Guo ◽  
Rienk Eelkema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Low Molecular Weight Gelators
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