Mechano- and Thermoresponsive Photoluminescent Supramolecular Polymer

Hierarchically Ordered Supramolecular Protein-Polymer Composites with Thermoresponsive Properties

Synthetic macromolecules that can bind and co-assemble with proteins are important for the future development of biohybrid materials. Active systems are further required to create materials that can respond and change their behavior in response to external stimuli. Here we report that stimuli-responsive linear-branched diblock copolymers consisting of a cationic multivalent dendron with a linea...

A mechano- and thermoresponsive luminescent cyclophane.

The first fluorescent cyclophane with mechano- and thermoresponsive solid-state fluorescence characteristics is reported. The new cyclophane comprises two 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene moieties that are bridged by tetraethylene glycol spacers. The stimuli-responsiveness is based on molecular assembly changes.

Supporting Information A Mechano- and Thermoresponsive Luminescent Cyclophane

Photoluminescent supramolecular hyperbranched polymer without conventional chromophores based on inclusion complexation.

A novel photoluminescent supramolecular hyperbranched polymer (SHP) without conventional chromophores was constructed for the first time by inclusion complexation between α-cyclodextrin and diethylenetriamine. The SHP showed wide-band fluorescence dependent upon the excitation wavelength.

Mechano-electrical Oscillations of Supramolecular Networks

Under physiological conditions, supramolecular biological structures undergo nanoscale mechanical vibrations. Since proteins, which form building units of these structures, are usually highly electrically polar, mechanical oscillations will be accompanied by oscillating electric field. However, molecular modeling methods are not yet able to perform all-atom mechanical simulation of larger struc...