Supramolecular Polymers: Structural Diversity and Supramolecular Chirality
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic and polymer chemistry; supramolecular chemistry; molecular architecture; structural properties of materials; electronic properties of materials, surfaces, interfaces, conjugated polyrotaxanes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Supramolecular chirality plays an essential role in various biological functions, including DNA self-replication, protein transcription and expression, enzymatic catalysis, and transmembrane delivery, among others. To optimize the chiroptical properties of supramolecular polymers, it is important to consider structural diversity and their specific applications. Over the past two decades, various chiral supramolecular polymers have been synthesized to develop multiple chiroptical properties. The development of dynamic and static helical polymers offers new possibilities for studying supramolecular chirality. Specifically, helical polymers with stimuli-responsive supramolecular building blocks represent a new class of optical active polymeric materials with helical-switching functions in response to appropriate stimuli.
This Special Issue focuses on chiroptical supramolecular polymers and will aim to demonstrate researchers’ efforts in designing, synthesizing, and manufacturing polymer-based materials that address the challenges posed by classical and emerging chiral applications.
Dr. Aurica Farcas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- supramolecular polymers
- helical polymers
- chiral polymers
- hierarchical chirality
- polymer aggregates
- chiral self-assembly
- nanocomposite materials
- amplification of asymmetry
- chiroptical generation
