title: Hierarchical self-assembly of columnar aggregates.
abstract: Biology often uses hierarchical self-assembly to produce complex functional structures from smaller components. At each level of this stepwise process, non-covalent interactions bring together the subunits of a lower level of complexity, using the information encoded in their structures. Applying this approach to synthetic systems represents a formidable challenge, because it requires a high degree of command of non-covalent interactions. In this tutorial review, recent developments in the hierarchical self-assembly of discrete columnar aggregates are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, NL-5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Henk M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Keizer
authors.forename: Rint P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Sijbesma
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008954:Models, Biological; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013696:Temperature; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011108:Polymers; C007548:n-dodecane