Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization

Ankit Jain, Shikha Dhiman, Ashish Dhayani, Praveen K. Vemula () and Subi J. George ()
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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)
Praveen K. Vemula: Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem)
Subi J. George: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08308-9

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