肽基超分子胶体

肽基超分子胶体是基于肽分子间超分子作用,自发形成且具有有序分子排布及规整结构,兼具传统胶体及超分子特性的组装体系。利用超分子弱相互作用构筑功能性胶体,不仅是人们对生命组装进程深入理解的有效手段,也是实现优异的超分子材料的重要途径。肽分子具有组成明确、性能可调、生物安全性高及可降解等优势,是超分子化学、胶体与界面化学领域重要的组装基元。基于肽的超分子自组装,能够实现多尺度、多功能的生物胶体的构筑,被广泛应用于医药、催化、能源等领域。如何通过对肽序列的设计及分子间作用力的调控,实现对胶体结构和功能的精确控制,是近年来研究的重要课题之一。从分子尺度研究和揭示超分子胶体的组装过程及物理化学机制,探究胶体结构与功能的关系,是实现超分子结构和功能化的重要内容。本文基于"分子间作用的调控"及"结构与功能的关系"两个基本科学问题,系统地综述了肽基超分子胶体的组装机制、结构与功能,以及研究现状。     

基于静电吸引的自组装树状超分子复合物

树状分子合成和基于静电作用组装研究是目前十分活跃的研究领域［1－3]．树状分子的大小、形状、拓扑形态、柔曲性、内部空腔分布和表面化学可以在分子水平上得到严格的控制，因而其具有独特的性质，被用作“纳米构筑单元”来组装特殊的超分子结构和微环境[3~5]．大环共轭卟啉分子在生物体系内的电子转移过程中起着重要作用，以卟啉为核的树状分子可作为人工模拟酶的模型[6]．本文首次报道以阴离子卟啉作为树状分子的核，树状阳离子为外层，基于卟啉阴离子与树状阳离子之间静电作用力来组装树状超分子复合物．合成与组装过程如下：1实验部分…     

基于芳香分子-糖类手性超分子组装体及功能

手性超分子组装体广泛存在于自然界中,因其在材料、化学和生物学等领域广阔的应用前景,引起了科学家们极大的兴趣。其中以糖类分子作为手性源,经分子自组装构筑手性超分子组装体的研究已成为超分子化学领域的研究热点之一。本文综述了基于糖类修饰的苝酰亚胺分子、偶氮苯分子、联苯类分子和卟啉类分子等芳香分子化合物经自组装构筑的手性超分子组装体,介绍了其在有机溶剂和水的混合溶剂、水中的凝胶性质,超分子手性特征和功能,糖分子类型与超分子组装体手性间的关系等,并对基于糖类的手性超分子组装体的前景进行了展望。     

典型锕系超分子组装体的构筑原理及研究进展

锕系超分子化学是锕系元素化学的重要研究领域,可以为乏燃料后处理的配位化学基础研究提供重要信息,并为探索锕系功能材料在发光、传感、催化和分离等方面的功能应用提供关键材料体系。本文介绍了基于锕系金属离子的金属-有机超分子组装体这一新兴领域的最新研究进展。从锕系超分子组装体的构筑原理出发并结合笔者自身研究情况,对基于主客体准轮烷配体的锕系-轮烷配位聚合物、具有闭合结构的锕系配位组装体和基于超分子相互作用的锕系超分子聚合物这三类典型的锕系超分子组装体的研究进展进行了梳理和总结阐述。期望为未来新型锕系超分子组装体的设计合成提供参考,促进相关领域的进步和发展。     

有机阳离子-无机多阴离子复合物:高分子体系中的组装及其自组装

有机阳离子包覆多金属氧簇无机多阴离子形成的具有确定化学组成、两亲性核壳结构超分子复合物,具有易于调控和集成有机和无机组分结构与功能的特性.以此类复合物为预组装体的自组装和高分子功能杂化材料展现了一类具有多方面构筑超分子组装体的新型构筑基元体系.如何实现预组装体复合物在结构稳定、具有良好加工性基材中的组装和功能化成为这一领域的重要研究内容.本文系统地总结了基于此类超分子复合物的高分子纳米复合材料和溶液中组装方面的研究进展与发展趋势.     

基于冠醚和柱芳烃主客体识别的超分子聚合物材料

超分子聚合物材料是高分子科学、超分子化学和材料科学3个学科相结合的产物.通过精妙的设计,我们不仅可以赋予它传统高分子材料所拥有的光学、电学以及力学等性能,同时还可以使其具有超分子材料的动态可逆性和刺激响应性.已用于构筑超分子聚合物材料的主客体识别体系有很多,从识别体系中的主体来说,包括基于冠醚、环糊精、杯芳烃、葫芦脲、柱芳烃等大环的主客体体系.其中,冠醚作为第一代大环主体,它的模板合成直接开辟了超分子化学这一领域,而柱芳烃是最近发展起来的一类新的大环主体,它具有刚性的骨架,并且制备简单,容易功能化,同样也受到超分子化学家们的广泛关注.本文着重综述了我们课题组基于冠醚和柱芳烃主客体识别所构筑的超分子聚合物材料.在这些材料的制备中,我们利用了主客体识别的刺激响应性、可逆性和选择性,来实现对这类材料的组装结构以及功能的精确调控.     

关于可控组装的一些思考（一）——从催化到催组装

分子组装的范畴和复杂性远歹乇于合成反应,但是它们有着相同目标,即高选择性和高效率地创造新物质和制备新功能材料．因此,我们尝试将合成中广泛应用的催化概念拓展至组装研究,提出用于调控和加速组装过程的催组装（cassemblysis）的新思路．为此,我们将迄今泛用的自组装、助组装等术语重新进行规范和分类,即所有的分子组装可分为自组装和助组装．绝大多数组装属于助组装,这可进一步分为催组装、共组装和外场助组装3大类．催组装中的催组剂（cassemblyst）类似于合成中的催化剂,可在不改变总吉布斯自由能变化的条件下加速组装过程,催组装因此有望成为在分子以上层次高选择性且高效率地创造新物质的最佳途径．一些催组装体系在组装之后还会进一步进行化学耦联反应,由此显著提高产物的稳定性,组装与耦联总过程可称为催组联（catassemblysis）．我们分别在小分子和生物大分子两个层次上,分析说明了迄今已被不自觉使用的催组装和催组联的一些典型事例,提出了光电催组装的设想,比较了与催组装关联的纳米粒子组装体系,探讨了与催组装相关的简要模型和机理．本：炙强调,在开展可控组装研究中,不仅要设计与合成各种新组装基元,而且要注重构建催组剂和催组联剂,发展催组装的实验和理论方法学,揭示催组剂作用于组装基元的机理,将有望推动可控组装在创造新物质和制备新功能材料方面发挥更大作用．     

低维聚合物纳米材料的自组装制备、性能及应用

特殊的聚合物可以通过分子间识别或分子间相互作用，自发地聚集成一定的分子结构或构筑成具有特殊结构和形状的聚集体，从而使其具有特殊的功能。这类自组装体系在微电子、新材料及生物医药等领域展现出了巨大的应用前景，已受到广泛关注。本文综述了低维聚合物纳米材料的自组装制备方法、性能和应用的最新进展。     

光电功能配合物及其组装

从分子水平上研究具有光电功能特性的分子材料是当前化学的一个重要领域。本文以一些实例简短的介绍了我们近年来在光电功能配合物及其组装研究中的部分进展，强调了从超分子相互作用及分子识别在分子设计兼具无视和有机优点的功能配合物材料中的作用。     

金属配合物分子纳米结构构筑与调控的STM研究进展

金属配合物分子具有结构多样且可控以及功能丰富等特点,在催化、传感、分子识别、纳米器件等领域得到广泛应用, 对金属配合物分子的研究已是分子科学研究中的热点之一.同时, 利用配合物分子构筑表面分子纳米结构以及对配合物单分子性质的研究也日趋活跃. 近年来, 本研究组发展了配合物分子在固体表面的自组装技术, 并结合扫描隧道显微技术(STM)开展了一系列有关金属配合物分子表面纳米结构的研究工作, 在固体表面成功实现了对配体、配合物分子的高分辨STM成像、原位配合以及分子识别, 设计和构筑了多种功能配合物分子纳米结构,并系统研究了结构形成规律. 本文以本研究组近年来有关金属配合物分子组装的研究结果为主, 结合国内外相关研究小组的研究结果,综述有关金属配合物分子纳米结构的构筑与调控的STM研究进展, 介绍该类分子在固体表面的组装和分散规律, 为表面分子纳米结构的构筑和调控提供理论和实验基础.     

蛋白质与高分子的自组装

蛋白质是一类具有独特三维空间结构的生物高分子,其分子内部非共价键协同作用是形成三维空间结构的重要驱动力。同时,蛋白质分子与其他高分子之间也可以通过非共价键作用实现自组装。高分子链和蛋白质的结构特征是实现自组装的关键,溶液pH值、离子强度以及温度的变化会影响它们之间非共价键作用的类型和强度。本文归纳了水溶性高分子、嵌段共聚物和多糖与球状蛋白自组装的最新研究进展,分别从分子结构特征和溶液性质等因素讨论了其对高分子与蛋白质实现自组装的影响。其中,多糖与蛋白质的非共价键作用是化学与生物科学交叉领域最为活跃的研究课题之一,通过研究蛋白质与其他高分子的非共价键作用,对于理解和认识生命过程的本质与规律具有重要的意义,同时,在材料科学、纳米技术、食品科学等相关领域具有重要的应用价值。     

Recognition of Nucleic Acid Junctions Using Triptycene‐Based Molecules

The modulation of nucleic acids by small molecules is an essential process across the kingdoms of life. Targeting nucleic acids with small molecules represents a significant challenge at the forefront of chemical biology. Nucleic acid junctions are ubiquitous structural motifs in nature and in designed materials. Herein, we describe a new class of structure‐specific nucleic acid junction stabilizers based on a triptycene scaffold. Triptycenes provide significant stabilization of DNA and RNA three‐way junctions, providing a new scaffold for the development of nucleic acid junction binders with enhanced recognition properties. Additionally, we report cytotoxicity and cell uptake data in two human ovarian carcinoma cell lines.     

Isn't self-assembly a misnomer? Multi-disciplinary arguments in favor of co-assembly

Self-assembly is a ubiquitous physicochemical phenomenon. It is inherent to molecular recognition effects in the biological domain, and thus presents a basis for understanding the constitution and dynamic organization of living beings. However, it is argued in this paper that the very notion of self-assembly presents an incorrect and misleading one for the physical effects that it stands for. Self-assembly presents a misnomer as each self-assembly process not only depends on, but also includes a certain degree of ordering in the immediate surrounding of the 'self-assembling' entities. Claims are provided to support the idea that every self-assembly process is, in fact, a co-assembly event, as it implies mutual changes and structuring of both the 'self-assembled' system and its nearest surrounding. This point of view is related to the systemic observation that there could be no physical qualities independent on the context of their existence. In order to illustrate that the concept of co-assembly presents only an instance of a more profound and systemic philosophy of life, the examples of the interplay between internal and external factors of development are provided from the fields of quantum and classical physics, biology, evolutionary theory and psychology.     

Supramolecular chemistry in water

Supramolecular chemistry in water is a constantly growing research area because noncovalent interactions in aqueous media are important for obtaining a better understanding and control of the major processes in nature. This Review offers an overview of recent advances in the area of water-soluble synthetic receptors as well as self-assembly and molecular recognition in water, through consideration of the functionalities that are used to increase the water solubility, as well as the supramolecular interactions and approaches used for effective recognition of a guest and self-assembly in water. The special features and applications of supramolecular entities in aqueous media are also described.     

G-quartets 40 years later: from 5'-GMP to molecular biology and supramolecular chemistry

Molecular self-assembly is central to many processes in both biology and supramolecular chemistry. The G-quartet, a hydrogen-bonded macrocycle formed by cation-templated assembly of guanosine, was first identified in 1962 as the basis for the aggregation of 5'-guanosine monophosphate. We now know that many nucleosides, oligonucleotides, and synthetic derivatives form a rich array of functional G-quartets. The G-quartet surfaces in areas ranging from structural biology and medicinal chemistry to supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology. This Review integrates and summarizes knowledge gained from these different areas, with emphasis on G-quartet structure, function, and molecular recognition.     

Designer self-assembling peptide materials

Understanding of macromolecular materials at the molecular level is becoming increasingly important for a new generation of nanomaterials for nanobiotechnology and other disciplines, namely, the design, synthesis, and fabrication of nanodevices at the molecular scale from bottom up. Basic engineering principles for microfabrication can be learned through fully grasping the molecular self-assembly and programmed assembly phenomena. Self- and programmed-assembly phenomena are ubiquitous in nature. Two key elements in molecular macrobiological material productions are chemical complementarity and structural compatibility, both of which require weak and non-covalent interactions that bring building blocks together during self-assembly. Significant advances have been made during the 1990s at the interface of materials chemistry and biology. They include the design of helical ribbons, peptide nanofiber scaffolds for three-dimensional cell cultures and tissue engineering, peptide surfactants for solubilizing and stabilizing diverse types of membrane proteins and their complexes, and molecular ink peptides for arbitrary printing and coating surfaces as well as coiled-coil helical peptides for multi-length scale fractal structures. These designer self-assembling peptides have far reaching implications in a broad spectrum of applications in biology, medicine, nanobiotechnology, and nanobiomedical technology, some of which are beyond our current imaginations. [image: see text]     

Recent progress in the research on the host-guest chemistry of pillar[n]arenes

Pillar[n]arene, as a new kind of macrocyclic host molecule, is a cyclic oligomer, which has a unique rigid structure with a hydrophobic cavity and can interact with many size-matched guest molecules. In this review, the molecular recognition, self-assembly and applications of the pillar[n]arenes in the past two years were described. On the basis of previous scientific research, a variety of pillar[n]arene-based supramolecular systems responsive to specific external stimuli such as pH, redox, gas, light, etc. has been constructed. Pillar[n]arenes have exhibited great potential in constructing these fantastic supramolecular systems based on host-guest recognition, including nanomaterials, controllable drug delivery, transmembrane channels, chemosensors and catalytic entities. These supramolecular systems have a wide range of applications in the material, biology, detection and catalysis field, but their applications are not limited to these fields.     

A direct comparison of one- and two-component dendritic self-assembled materials: elucidating molecular recognition pathways

This paper compares and contrasts, for the first time, one- and two-component gelation systems that are direct structural analogues and draws conclusions about the molecular recognition pathways that underpin fibrillar self-assembly. The new one-component systems comprise l-lysine-based dendritic headgroups covalently connected to an aliphatic diamine spacer chain via an amide bond. One-component gelators with different generations of headgroup (from first to third generation) and different length spacer chains are reported. The self-assembly of these dendrimers in toluene was elucidated using thermal measurements, circular dichroism (CD) and NMR spectroscopies, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The observations are compared with previous results for the analogous two-component gelation system in which the dendritic headgroups are bound to the aliphatic spacer chain noncovalently via acid-amine interactions. The one-component system is inherently a more effective gelator, partly as a consequence of the additional covalent amide groups that provide a new hydrogen bonding molecular recognition pathway, whereas the two-component analogue relies solely on intermolecular hydrogen bond interactions between the chiral dendritic headgroups. Furthermore, because these amide groups are important in the assembly process for the one-component system, the chiral information preset in the dendritic headgroups is not always transcribed into the nanoscale assembly, whereas for the two-component system, fiber formation is always accompanied by chiral ordering because the molecular recognition pathway is completely dependent on hydrogen bond interactions between well-organized chiral dendritic headgroups.     

Supramolecular concepts and new techniques in mechanochemistry: cocrystals, cages, rotaxanes, open metal-organic frameworks

Mechanochemical reactions effected by milling or grinding are an attractive means to conduct chemical reactions dependent on molecular recognition and to systematically explore different modes of molecular self-assembly. The natural relationship between milling mechanochemistry and supramolecular chemistry arises primarily from the ability to avoid bulk solvent, which simultaneously avoids limitations of solution-based chemistry, such as solubility, solvent complexation, or solvolysis, and makes the resulting process highly environmentally friendly. This tutorial review highlights the use of mechanochemistry for the synthesis of supramolecular targets in the solid state, such as molecular hydrogen- or halogen-bonded complexes, molecular and supramolecular cages, open frameworks and interlocked architectures. It is also demonstrated that the molecular self-assembly phenomena that are well-established in solution chemistry, such as reversible binding through covalent or non-covalent bonds, thermodynamic equilibration and structure templating, are also accessible in milling mechanochemistry through recently developed highly efficient methodologies such as liquid-assisted grinding (LAG) or ion- and liquid-assisted grinding (ILAG). Also highlighted are the new opportunities arising from the marriage of concepts of supramolecular and mechanochemical synthesis, including organocatalysis, deracemisation and discovery of new molecular recognition motifs.