Hydrogen-bonding regulated assembly of molecular and macromolecular amphiphiles

Sikder, Amrita ; Ghosh, Suhrit (2019) Hydrogen-bonding regulated assembly of molecular and macromolecular amphiphiles Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 3 (12). pp. 2602-2616. ISSN 2052-1537

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00473D

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00473D

Abstract

Amphiphilic small molecules and polymers produce diverse nanostructures in an aqueous medium. Emerging reports suggest that there is a great opportunity to enrich the structure and function of amphiphilic aggregates by suitable molecular engineering in the building block to enable directional non-covalent interaction based on specific molecular recognition to circumvent the immiscibility driven aggregation governed by the critical packing parameter. This review discusses representative recent examples on self-assembly of small molecule and polymeric amphiphiles by H-bonding interaction in an aqueous medium. The specific impact of H-bonding on regulating morphology, stability, dynamics, thermodynamics, surface functional group display, stimuli-responsiveness and precision of amphiphilic nanostructures has been highlighted and correlated with their potential application as supramolecular biomaterials.

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