Design, Synthesis and Application of Supramolecular Functional Materials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 4520
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Interests: conjugated materials; molecular self-assembly; organic electronic; therapy
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Dear Colleagues,
Supramolecular chemistry has proven to be a powerful tool for the design and development of highly complex architectures for a wide range of applications in biology, medicine and materials science. Indeed, non-covalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, CH-π, π-π, halogen-bonding, and electrostatic interactions, provide a versatile toolbox to elaborate supramolecular materials exhibiting a highly dynamic, adaptive and reversible stimuli-responsive behaviour. These unique properties permit new functions that are not available for their conventional covalent counterparts to be achieved. This Special Issue aims to highlight the very recent progress in this field focusing on the design and synthesis of organic and inorganic supramolecular materials, their hierarchical assembly at higher scale and how this determines their bulk properties and thus, their usage. Contributions discussing all aspects broadly indicated by the keywords are strongly encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Sébastien Clément
Prof. Dr. Mathieu Surin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Non-covalent interactions
- Self-organization
- Self-assembly
- Molecular recognition
- Supramolecular polymers
- Functional materials
- Supramolecular gels
- Dynamic nanomaterials
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