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Small Molecules Organic Co‐Assemblies as Functional Nanomaterials
Author(s) -
Sasselli Ivan R.,
Syrgiannis Zois
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.202000529
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , nanotechnology , nanomaterials , chemistry , organic molecules , characterization (materials science) , combinatorial chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , materials science
Supramolecular co‐assemblies are an emerging class of materials that have evolved over the last 30 years. These materials demonstrate compelling structures and properties, so they became increasingly promising for different applications. Their dynamic character, the reversibility of the interactions, and the possibility of using a wide variety of building blocks attract the interest of the scientists. In this minireview, we highlight the different types of co‐assemblies between low molecular weight organic molecules, mentioning the progress in materials preparation and control, as well as some of the characterization techniques that are used for such materials. Our goal is to unify the classification of peptide and non‐peptide‐based co‐assemblies and to give some guidelines for their control in terms of stability and properties.