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Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization

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  • Ankit Jain

    (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR))

  • Shikha Dhiman

    (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR))

  • Ashish Dhayani

    (Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem)
    SASTRA University)

  • Praveen K. Vemula

    (Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem))

  • Subi J. George

    (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR))

Abstract

Temporal control over self-assembly process is a desirable trait in the quest towards adaptable and controllable materials. The ability to devise synthetic ways to control the growth, as well as decay of materials has long been a property which only the biological systems could perform seamlessly. A common synthetic strategy which works on the biological principles such as chemical fuel-driven control over temporal self-assembly profile has not been completely realized synthetically. Here we show, we filled this dearth by showing that a chemical fuel driven self-assembling system can not only be grown in a controlled manner, but it can also result in precise control over the assembly and disassembly kinetics. Herein, we elaborate strategies which clearly show that once a chemical fuel driven self-assembly is established it can be made receptive to multiple molecular cues such that the inherent growth and decay characteristics are programmed into the ensemble.

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  • Ankit Jain & Shikha Dhiman & Ashish Dhayani & Praveen K. Vemula & Subi J. George, 2019. "Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-08308-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08308-9
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