title: Synergistic Assembly of Covalent and Supramolecular Polymers.
abstract: Integrating irreplaceable features of both covalent chemistry and noncovalent interactions into a single entity to maximize the applicability is highly desired. Here, a discovery of this type of hybrid, developed by Stupp and co-workers, is developed, where a synergistic combination of covalent and noncovalent compartments enables them to assemble by each other perfectively. The covalent compartments can grow into polymer chains assisted by a supramolecular compartment. The supramolecular compartments can be reversibly removed and re-formed to reconstitute the hybrid structure. The obtained soft materials can serve as functional platforms for molecular delivery or self-repairing materials.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.
authors.forename: Linyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.|School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D008956:Models, Chemical; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers
keywords: covalent monomer; dynamic reversibility; molecular delivery; supramolecular polymer; synergistic assembly