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SUBMITTER: Barrio JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6772898 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20190828 36
The binding of imidazolium salts to cucurbit[8]uril, CB[8], triggers a stepwise self-assembly process with semiflexible polymer chains and crystalline nanostructures as early- and late-stage species, respectively. In such a process, which involves the crystallization of the host-guest complexes, the guest plays a critical role in directing self-assembly toward desirable morphologies. These include platelet-like aggregates and two-dimensional (2D) fibers, which, moreover, exhibit viscoelastic and ...[more]