Molecular self-assembly
View article
Devising Synthetic Reaction Cycles for Dissipative Nonequilibrium Self‐Assembly Open
Fuel‐driven reaction cycles are found in biological systems to control the assembly and disassembly of supramolecular materials such as the cytoskeleton. Fuel molecules can bind noncovalently to a self‐assembling building block or they can…
View article
Periodic Functionalization of Surface-Confined Pores in a Two-Dimensional Porous Network Using a Tailored Molecular Building Block Open
We present here the periodic functionalization of a two-dimensional (2D) porous molecular network using a tailored molecular building block. For this purpose, a dehydrobenzo[12]annulene (DBA) derivative, 1-isoDBA, having an isophthalic aci…
View article
Oligoprolines guide the self-assembly of quaterthiophenes Open
Oligoprolines of differing lengths control the self-assembly of quaterthiophenes into mono-layered or double-layered sheets, or helically twisted ribbons.
View article
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Chiral Cylindrical Molecular Complexes: Functional Heterogeneous Liquid-Solid Materials Formed by Helicene Oligomers Open
Chiral cylindrical molecular complexes of homo- and hetero-double-helices derived from helicene oligomers self-assemble in solution, providing functional heterogeneous liquid-solid materials. Gels and liotropic liquid crystals are formed b…
View article
Bubble wall confinement–driven molecular assembly toward sub–12 nm and beyond precision patterning Open
Patterning is attractive for nanofabrication, electron devices, and bioengineering. However, achieving the molecular-scale patterns to meet the demands of these fields is challenging. Here, we propose a bubble-template molecular printing c…
View article
Lipid bilayer-assisted dynamic self-assembly of hexagonal DNA origami blocks into monolayer crystalline structures with designed geometries Open
The DNA origami technique is used to construct custom-shaped nanostructures that can be used as components of two-dimensional crystalline structures with user-defined structural patterns. Here, we designed an Mg2+-responsive hexagonal 3D D…
View article
Wafer-Scale and Full-Coverage Two-Dimensional Molecular Monolayers Strained by Solvent Surface Tension Balance Open
Inspired by the outstanding properties discovered in two-dimensional materials, the bottom-up generation of molecular monolayers is becoming again extremely popular as a route to develop novel functional materials and devices with tailored…
View article
The Role of a Double Molecular Anchor on the Mobility and Self‐Assembly of Thiols on Au(111): The Case of Mercaptobenzoic Acid Open
The dynamics of the self‐assembly process of thiol molecules on Au(111) is affected by the interplay between molecule–substrate and molecule–molecule interactions. Therefore, it is interesting to explore the effect of a second anchor to th…
View article
Dynamics of Molecular Self‐Assembly of Short Peptides at Liquid–Solid Interfaces – Effect of Charged Amino Acid Point Mutations Open
Self‐organizing solid‐binding peptides on atomically flat solid surfaces offer a unique bio/nano hybrid platform, useful for understanding the basic nature of biology/solid coupling and their practical applications. The surface behavior of…
View article
Supramolecular Control of Photonic Response and Sensing of Nitricoxide using Iron(III) Corrole Monolayers and Their Stacks Open
In this work, we assemble amphiphilic iron(III) corroles at air‐water interfaces into well‐defined quasi‐two‐dimensional molecular monolayers and theirs stacks for sensing of nitric oxide (NO). For this purpose, we use the Langmuir‐Blodget…
View article
Associated molecular liquids at the graphene monolayer interface Open
We report molecular simulations of the interaction between a graphene sheet and different liquids such as water, ethanol, and ethylene glycol. We describe the structural arrangements at the graphene interface in terms of density profiles, …
View article
Self-assembly of binary solutions to complex structures Open
Self-assembly in natural and synthetic molecular systems can create complex aggregates or materials whose properties and functionalities rise from their internal structure and molecular arrangement. The key microscopic features that contro…
View article
Transfer of Thiolated DNA Staples from DNA Origami Nanostructures to Self-Assembled Monolayer-Passivated Gold Surfaces: Implications for Interfacial Molecular Recognition Open
We show that thiolated strands displayed on a DNA origami nanostructure can be transferred to a gold surface when the DNA origami tile is deposited onto a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) passivating the surface. Spatial statistical analysis…
View article
Edge-On Self-Assembly of Tetra-bromoanthracenyl-porphyrin on Silver Surfaces Open
International audience
View article
Quantifying the Cooperative Process of Molecular Self-Assembly on Surfaces: A Case Study of Isophthalic Acids Open
sponsorship: The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) via EOS 40007495, and KU Leuven-Internal Funds (C14/19/079) . T.R. acknowl-edges financial support through a FWO Ph.D. fellowship…
View article
Order–Disorder Balance in Silk-Elastin-like Polypeptides Determines Their Self-Assembly into Hydrogel Networks Open
The biofabrication of recombinant structural proteins with a range of mechanical or structural features usually relies on the generation of protein libraries displaying variations in terms of amino acid composition, block structure, molecu…
View article
Frontispiece: Discovery of Structural Complexity through Self‐Assembly of Molecules Containing Rodlike Components Open
Self-assembly is a process in which a disordered system spontaneously develops ordered structures without external directions. In materials science and technology, self-assembly in the bulk has been extensively utilized to fabricate desire…
View article
Ferroelectric Polymer Open
In the past, aggregation and self-assembly have been associated principally with micellar and colloidal systems of molecules; however, with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, molecular self-assembly has been opened to a much wider und…
View article
Molecular “Hozo”: Thermally Stable Yet Conformationally Flexible Self-Assemblies Driven by Tight Molecular Meshing Open
Various noncovalent molecular interactions have been employed as driving forces to construct well-defined discrete self-assemblies. Among them, coordination and hydrogen bonds are widely used due to their high directionality and appropriat…
View article
Frontiers of Molecular Self‐Assembly Open
Self-assembly is an efficient and powerful strategy for the preparation of tailor-made molecular structures, systems and materials. The large number of scientific publications featuring the term "self-assembl*" (i. e. self-assembly, self-a…
View article
Conformation-Dependent Monolayer and Bilayer Structures of an Alkylated TTF Derivative Revealed using STM and Molecular Modeling Open
sponsorship: Financial support from the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO G081518N, G0A3220N) and KU Leuven-Internal Funds (C14/19/079) is acknowledged. This work was in part supported by FWO and F. R. S.-FNRS under the Excellence of Scien…
View article
Carbon Nanomembranes Open
This chapter describes the formation and properties of one nanometer thick carbon nanomembranes (CNMs), made by electron induced cross-linking of aromatic self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The cross-linked SAMs are robust enough to be rele…
View article
Theoretical design and study of two-dimensional organic ferroelectric monolayer based on cyclobutene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid Open
Compared with traditional inorganic ferroelectric materials, organic molecular ferroelectric materials possess many advantages, such as light weight, flexibility, no heavy metal atoms and low cost, and have received extensive attention for…
View article
Terminology for Aggregation and Self-Assembly in Polymer ScienceSponsoring body: IUPAC Polymer Division: see more details on p. 489. Open
In the past, aggregation and self-assembly have been associated principally with micellar and colloidal systems of molecules; however, with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, molecular self-assembly has been opened to a much wider und…
View article
Amphiphile Open
In the past, aggregation and self-assembly have been associated principally with micellar and colloidal systems of molecules; however, with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, molecular self-assembly has been opened to a much wider und…
View article
Side-Chain Self-Assembly Open
In the past, aggregation and self-assembly have been associated principally with micellar and colloidal systems of molecules; however, with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, molecular self-assembly has been opened to a much wider und…
View article
Self-assembly of pi-conjugated peptides in aqueous environments leading to energy-transporting bioelectronic nanostructures Open
The realization of new supramolecular pi-conjugated organic structures inspired and driven by peptide-based self-assembly will offer a new approach to interface with the biotic environment in a way that will help to meet many DOE-recognize…
View article
Static Self-Assembly Open
In the past, aggregation and self-assembly have been associated principally with micellar and colloidal systems of molecules; however, with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, molecular self-assembly has been opened to a much wider und…
View article
Self-Assembly Open
In the past, aggregation and self-assembly have been associated principally with micellar and colloidal systems of molecules; however, with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, molecular self-assembly has been opened to a much wider und…
View article
In Situ Dynamic Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Characterization of Cu-Ligated Mercaptoalkanoic Acid “Molecular” Ruler Multilayers Open
Hybrid strategies that combine conventional top-down lithography with bottom-up molecular assembly are of interest for a range of applications including nanolithography and sensors. Interest in these strategies stems from the ability to cr…