Recent Advances in Supramolecular Chemistry and Self-Assembly
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Macromolecular Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 4266
Special Issue Editor
Interests: supramolecular chemistry; responsive self-assembly; supramolecular coordination complexes and functional materials based on host–guest chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Supramolecular chemistry is the chemistry of molecular aggregates based on noncovalent bond interactions. Self-assembly is the key of supramolecular chemistry. Macrocyclic host compounds are important research topics in supramolecular chemistry. The coming of any new generation of macrocycles can not only greatly enrich the research content of supramolecular chemistry but also accelerate the development of supramolecular chemistry. Macrocyclic hosts, such as crown ethers, cyclodextrins, calixarenes, cucurbiturils, pillararenes, biphenarenes and metallacycles, play an extremely important role in constructing functional supramolecular self-assembled materials. Up to now, functional supramolecular self-assembled systems based on macrocyclic hosts have been widely used in the fields of molecular machines, supramolecular amphiphiles, macrocyclic amphiphiles, supramolecular polymers, drug delivery systems and adsorptive separation processes.
This Special Issue will focus on recent innovative developments in supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly fields, especially the functional supramolecular self-assembled materials based on macrocyclic hosts.
Considering your contribution to this interesting research field, I would like to invite you to submit an article to this Special Issue. Full research papers, communications, and review articles are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Jiong ZhouGuest Editor
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Keywords
- supramolecular chemistry
- self-assembly
- macrocycle
- cage
- supramolecular theranostics
- supramolecular polymer
- supramolecular catalysis
- supramolecular separation
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