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View article: Reversible Phase Transitions of Anionic and Cationic Surfactant Mixtures Drive Shape Morphing Droplets
Reversible Phase Transitions of Anionic and Cationic Surfactant Mixtures Drive Shape Morphing Droplets Open
Converting chemical signals into mechanical responses is fundamental to biological systems, driving processes such as cellular motility and tissue morphogenesis. Yet, harnessing chemo‐mechanical signal conversions in synthetic systems rema…
View article: Halogen-bonded ionic liquid crystals: supramolecular organization and ionic transport
Halogen-bonded ionic liquid crystals: supramolecular organization and ionic transport Open
We present a new family of halogen-bonded pyridinium salts where both ionic partners participate in halogen bonding, leading to self-assembled smectic phases with nanosegregated ionic channels and high ionic conductivity.
View article: 4D Printing of Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Smart Structures with Multiple Functionalities
4D Printing of Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Smart Structures with Multiple Functionalities Open
3D printing, and more recently 4D printing, has emerged as a transformative technology for fabricating structures with complex geometries and responsive properties. However, employing functional colloidal solutions as inks for printing rem…
View article: 4D Printing of Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Smart Structures with Multiple Functionalities
4D Printing of Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Smart Structures with Multiple Functionalities Open
3D printing, and more recently 4D printing, has emerged as a transformative technology for fabricating structures with complex geometries and responsive properties. However, employing functional colloidal solutions as inks for printing rem…
View article: Disrupting J‐Aggregation in Triazatruxene Dimers to Develop Responsive Luminescent Inks for Anti‐Counterfeiting Applications
Disrupting J‐Aggregation in Triazatruxene Dimers to Develop Responsive Luminescent Inks for Anti‐Counterfeiting Applications Open
The fight against counterfeiting is a crucial concern for economies around the world, underscoring the urgent need for effective measures to ensure the legitimacy of products and documents. Luminescent security inks have emerged as effecti…
View article: Molecular Templates on Surfaces by Exploiting Supramolecular Chemistry in Langmuir–Blodgett Monolayers (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 18/2024)
Molecular Templates on Surfaces by Exploiting Supramolecular Chemistry in Langmuir–Blodgett Monolayers (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 18/2024) Open
Molecular Templates Harnessing Langmuir-Blodgett nanoarchitectonic tools to create molecular platforms through supramolecular chemistry for orchestrating the arrangement of functional materials on surfaces. More details can be found in art…
View article: Molecular Templates on Surfaces by Exploiting Supramolecular Chemistry in Langmuir–Blodgett Monolayers
Molecular Templates on Surfaces by Exploiting Supramolecular Chemistry in Langmuir–Blodgett Monolayers Open
Attaining precise control over molecular arrangements is of paramount importance for numerous applications in nanotechnology, particularly in constructing molecular templates to accurately immobilize target materials on surfaces. A strateg…
View article: Dynamically reconfigurable complex liquid crystal emulsions
Dynamically reconfigurable complex liquid crystal emulsions Open
Complex emulsions, containing liquid crystals (LCs) and immiscible oils such as fluorocarbon or silicone oils, present innovative functionalities in soft materials. These emulsions exhibit dynamic reconfiguration in droplet morphology and …
View article: Shedding light on bacterial fitness in a tug-of-war with liquidcrystal emulsions
Shedding light on bacterial fitness in a tug-of-war with liquidcrystal emulsions Open
Rapid and reliable quantification of bacterial dynamics at the cellular level is critical for pathogen sensing, live-dead bacterial assays, and monitoring of bacteria fitness and viability. Here, we demonstrate bacterial fitness quantifica…
View article: Hydantoin hexameric rosettes: harnessing H-bonds for supergelation and liquid crystals
Hydantoin hexameric rosettes: harnessing H-bonds for supergelation and liquid crystals Open
We present two hydantoin isomers that self-assemble through hydrogen bonding in solution and in bulk, either in a bowl-shaped or planar rosette, resulting in remarkable liquid crystals and gelation properties.
View article: Detection of Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) by Interrupted Energy Transfer
Detection of Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) by Interrupted Energy Transfer Open
The ubiquitous presence of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aqueous environments has aroused societal concern. Nonetheless, effective sensing technologies for continuous monitoring of PFAS within water distribution infrastruct…
View article: Liquid Crystal Emulsions: A Versatile Platform for Photonics, Sensing, and Active Matter
Liquid Crystal Emulsions: A Versatile Platform for Photonics, Sensing, and Active Matter Open
The self‐assembly of liquid crystals (LCs) is a fascinating method for controlling the organization of discrete molecules into nanostructured functional materials. Although LCs are traditionally processed in thin films, their confinement w…
View article: Liquid Crystal Emulsions: A Versatile Platform for Photonics, Sensing, and Active Matter
Liquid Crystal Emulsions: A Versatile Platform for Photonics, Sensing, and Active Matter Open
The self‐assembly of liquid crystals (LCs) is a fascinating method for controlling the organization of discrete molecules into nanostructured functional materials. Although LCs are traditionally processed in thin films, their confinement w…
View article: CCDC 2270855: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2270855: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Lamellar Ionenes with Highly Dissociative, Anionic Channels Provide Lower Barriers for Cation Transport
Lamellar Ionenes with Highly Dissociative, Anionic Channels Provide Lower Barriers for Cation Transport Open
Solid polymer electrolytes have the potential to enable safer and more energy-dense batteries; however, a deeper understanding of their ion conduction mechanisms, and how they can be optimized by molecular design, is needed to realize this…
View article: Lamellar ionenes with highly dissociative, anionic channels provide low barriers for cation transport
Lamellar ionenes with highly dissociative, anionic channels provide low barriers for cation transport Open
Solid polymer electrolytes have the potential to enable safer and more energy dense batteries; however, a deeper understanding of their ion conduction mechanisms, and how they can be optimized by rational molecular design, is needed to rea…
View article: Ionic self-assembly of pillar[5]arenes: proton-conductive liquid crystals and aqueous nanoobjects with encapsulation properties
Ionic self-assembly of pillar[5]arenes: proton-conductive liquid crystals and aqueous nanoobjects with encapsulation properties Open
An easy and fast method to functionalize pillararenes through ionic bonds to obtain interesting materials for their encapsulation properties and proton conduction.
View article: Supramolecular hierarchical polyurethane elastomers for thermal and mechanical property optimization
Supramolecular hierarchical polyurethane elastomers for thermal and mechanical property optimization Open
View article: Building large-scale unimolecular scaffolding for electronic devices
Building large-scale unimolecular scaffolding for electronic devices Open
The fabrication of a future generation of (opto)electronic devices based on molecular components and materials will require careful chemical design, coupled with assembly methods that permit precise spatial orientation and arrangement of t…
View article: Two-Photon Laser Microprinting of Highly Ordered Nanoporous Materials Based on Hexagonal Columnar Liquid Crystals
Two-Photon Laser Microprinting of Highly Ordered Nanoporous Materials Based on Hexagonal Columnar Liquid Crystals Open
Nanoporous materials relying on supramolecular liquid crystals (LCs) are excellent candidates for size- and charge-selective membranes. However, whether they can be manufactured using printing technologies remained unexplored so far. In th…
View article: CCDC 2024225: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2024225: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Reconfigurable Pickering Emulsions with Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
Reconfigurable Pickering Emulsions with Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Open
Pickering emulsions (PEs) achieve interfacial stabilization by colloidal particle surfactants and are commonly used in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have recently been used as stabilizing materials to create…
View article: Janus Emulsion Biosensors for Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike Antibody
Janus Emulsion Biosensors for Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike Antibody Open
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world has revealed that it is urgently important to develop rapid and inexpensive assays for antibodies in general and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody (anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein S1 antib…
View article: Electric-Field-Induced Chirality in Columnar Liquid Crystals
Electric-Field-Induced Chirality in Columnar Liquid Crystals Open
We describe a novel class of tetraphenylbenzene-based discotic molecules with exceptional self-assembling properties. Absorption and fluorescence studies confirmed the formation of J-type aggregates in solution. The discotic mesogen…
View article: Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Biosensing
Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Biosensing Open
Herein we describe a highly responsive optical biosensor based on dynamic complex liquid crystal (LC) emulsions. These emulsions are simple to prepare and consist of immiscible chiral nematic liquid crystals (N*) and fluorocarbon oils. In …
View article: Micellar Nanocarriers from Dendritic Macromolecules Containing Fluorescent Coumarin Moieties
Micellar Nanocarriers from Dendritic Macromolecules Containing Fluorescent Coumarin Moieties Open
The design of efficient drug-delivery vehicles remains a big challenge in materials science. Herein, we describe a novel class of amphiphilic hybrid dendrimers that consist of a poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendritic core functionalized with b…
View article: Methane Detection with a Tungsten‐Calix[4]arene‐Based Conducting Polymer Embedded Sensor Array
Methane Detection with a Tungsten‐Calix[4]arene‐Based Conducting Polymer Embedded Sensor Array Open
The detection of methane is important for industry, environment, and our daily life, but is made challenging by its small size, high volatility, and nonpolar nature. Herein, a tungsten‐capped calix[4]arene‐based p ‐doped conducting polymer…
View article: Controlled Movement of Complex Double Emulsions via Interfacially Confined Magnetic Nanoparticles
Controlled Movement of Complex Double Emulsions via Interfacially Confined Magnetic Nanoparticles Open
Controlled, dynamic movement of materials through noncontacting forces provides interesting opportunities in systems design. Confinement of magnetic nanoparticles to the interfaces of double emulsions introduces exceptional control of doub…
View article: Thiophene-fused polyaromatics: synthesis, columnar liquid crystal, fluorescence and electrochemical properties
Thiophene-fused polyaromatics: synthesis, columnar liquid crystal, fluorescence and electrochemical properties Open
Efficient syntheses that incorporate thiophene units into different extended conjugation systems are of interest as a result of the prevalence of sulfur-rich aromatics in organic electronics.
View article: Dynamic Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions
Dynamic Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions Open
We report a new class of dynamically reconfigurable complex colloids comprising immiscible liquid crystals (LCs) and fluorocarbon oils. Producing stable spherical droplets requires the utilization of appropriately designed surfactants to r…