Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization

  • Ankit Jain,
  • Shikha Dhiman,
  • Ashish Dhayani,
  • Praveen K. Vemula,
  • Subi J. George

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08308-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Temporal control over self-assembly processes is a desirable trait for discovering adaptable and controllable materials. Here the authors show that a chemical fuel driven system can not only self-assemble in a controlled manner, but can also result in precise control over the assembly and disassembly kinetics.