Macroscopic supramolecular assembly of rigid building blocks through a flexible spacing coating.
Macroscopic supramolecular assembly is a promising method for manufacturing macroscopic, ordered structures for tissue-engineering scaffolds. A flexible spacing coating is shown to overcome undesired surface and size effects and to enable assembly of macroscopic cubes with host/guest groups. The assembled pairs disassembled upon introduction of competitive guest molecules, thereby demonstrating a multivalent assembly mechanism.
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource, Engineering & Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymer, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, P.R. China.
Mengjiao
M
Cheng
Feng
F
Shi
Jianshu
J
Li
Zaifu
Z
Lin
Chao
C
Jiang
Meng
M
Xiao
Liqun
L
Zhang
Wantai
W
Yang
Toshio
T
Nishi
D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D011094:Polyethyleneimine / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D023822:Tissue Engineering
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001391:Azo Compounds; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C006903:carbopol 940; D011094:Polyethyleneimine; C009850:azobenzene
flexible spacing coating; macroscopic supramolecular assembly; multivalency; self-assembly; supramolecular assembly