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Smart Organic Two‐Dimensional Materials Based on a Rational Combination of Non‐covalent Interactions
Author(s) -
Bai Wei,
Jiang Ziwen,
Ribbe Alexander E.,
Thayumanavan S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201605050
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , rational design , intermolecular force , microscale chemistry , covalent bond , nanotechnology , molecule , small molecule , chemistry , organic molecules , intermolecular interaction , aqueous solution , aqueous medium , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , mathematics education , mathematics
Rational design of organic 2D (O2D) materials has made some progress, but it is still in its infancy. A class of self‐assembling small molecules is presented that form nano/microscale supramolecular 2D materials in aqueous media. A judicial combination of four different intermolecular interactions forms the basis for the robust formation of these ultrathin assemblies. These assemblies can be programmed to disassemble in response to a specific protein and release its non‐covalently bound guest molecules.