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Advanced Supramolecular Materials

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 3981

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Hsin-Chieh Lin

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
Interests: organic conjugated materials; self-assembled materials; multifunctional drugs; 3D-printed biomaterials; nano-sized materials; designing new materials by computer-aided strategies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, “Advanced supramolecular materials”, covers many aspects of supramolecular materials (i.e., materials based on non-covalent supramolecular interactions or self-assembly). This Special Issue will publish research on supramolecular polymers, supramolecular hydrogels, supramolecular fluorescent materials, bioactive supramolecular systems, self-assembled layered structures, programmable assembled materials, macroscopic supramolecular assembly, stimulus-responsive systems for drug delivery, shape-memory materials, interfacial adhesion, self-healing materials, synthesis of supramolecular materials, characterization of supramolecular materials, modeling and simulation of supramolecular materials, and emerging properties of supramolecular materials.

Prof. Dr. Hsin‐Chieh Lin
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • supramolecular polymers
  • supramolecular hydrogels
  • supramolecular fluorescent materials
  • bioactive supramolecular systems
  • self-assembly
  • programmable assembled materials
  • stimulus-responsive systems for drug delivery
  • shape-memory molecules
  • self-healing molecules
  • synthesis of supramolecular molecules

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Non-Covalent Dimer as Donor Chromophore for Constructing Artificial Light-Harvesting System in Water
by Liangliang Zhang, Hongwei Qian, Zhiying Wu, Qiaona Zhang, Shengke Li, Ming Cheng and Tangxin Xiao
Molecules 2022, 27(24), 8876; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27248876 - 14 Dec 2022
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Dynamic emissive materials in aqueous media have received much attention owing to their ease of preparation, tunable luminescence and environmental friendliness. However, hydrophobic fluorophores usually suffer from aggregation-caused quenching in water. In this work, we constructed an artificial light-harvesting system by using a [...] Read more.
Dynamic emissive materials in aqueous media have received much attention owing to their ease of preparation, tunable luminescence and environmental friendliness. However, hydrophobic fluorophores usually suffer from aggregation-caused quenching in water. In this work, we constructed an artificial light-harvesting system by using a non-covalent aggregation-induced emission dimer as antenna and energy donor. The dimer is quadruple hydrogen bonded from a ureidopyrimidinone derivative (M) containing a tetraphenylethylene group. The dispersed nano-assemblies based on the dimer in aqueous media were fabricated with the help of surfactant. By loading a hydrophobic acceptor molecule DBT into the nano-assemblies, man-made light-harvesting nanoparticles were fabricated, showing considerable energy transfer efficiency and a relatively high antenna effect. Additionally, the fluorescence color of the system can be gradually tuned by varying the content of the acceptors. This study provides a general way for the construction of an aqueous light-harvesting system based on a supramolecular dimer, which is important for potential application in luminescent materials. Full article
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Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Cell Responses of Aromatic IKVAV Peptide Amphiphiles
by Fang-Yi Wu and Hsin-Chieh Lin
Molecules 2022, 27(13), 4115; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27134115 - 27 Jun 2022
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Synthetic bioactive aromatic peptide amphiphiles have been recognized as key elements of emerging biomedical strategies due to their biocompatibility, design flexibility, and functionality. Inspired by natural proteins, we synthesized two supramolecular materials of phenyl-capped Ile-Lys-Val-Ala-Val (Ben-IKVAV) and perfluorophenyl-capped Ile-Lys-Val-Ala-Val (PFB-IKVAV [...] Read more.
Synthetic bioactive aromatic peptide amphiphiles have been recognized as key elements of emerging biomedical strategies due to their biocompatibility, design flexibility, and functionality. Inspired by natural proteins, we synthesized two supramolecular materials of phenyl-capped Ile-Lys-Val-Ala-Val (Ben-IKVAV) and perfluorophenyl-capped Ile-Lys-Val-Ala-Val (PFB-IKVAV). We employed UV-vis absorption, fluorescence, circular dichroism, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy to examine the driving force in the self-assembly of the newly discovered materials. It was found that both compounds exhibited ordered π-π interactions and secondary structures, especially PFB-IKVAV. The cytotoxicity of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and cell differentiation studies was also performed. In addition, the immunofluorescent staining for neuronal-specific markers of MAP2 was 4.6 times (neural induction medium in the presence of PFB-IKVAV) that of the neural induction medium (control) on day 7. From analyzing the expression of neuronal-specific markers in hMSCs, it can be concluded that PFB-IKVAV may be a potential supramolecular biomaterial for biomedical applications. Full article
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