The word
"supramolecular" refers to the interactions that occur between molecules to form larger, organized structures. This term is used to describe the way molecules come together and interact to create complex structures, similar to how building blocks are used to construct a larger structure.
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The core of his Ph.D. was «the extension of the principles of
supramolecular chemistry» — a discipline that focuses on dynamic, reversible interactions between molecules — «to analytical chemistry, notably in the field of separating methods with membranes of analytical interest,» Luca says.
Abraham Kupfer describes the three - dimensional structure
of supramolecular activation clusters (SMACs), the interface between an antigen presenting cell and a lymphocyte (including key molecules the T cell receptor and the major histocompatibility complex), [i] later coined the immunological synapse and further elucidated by Arash Grakoui, Michael Dustin, Paul Allen, and Andrey Shaw.
«Periodic potentials in hybrid van der Waals heterostructures formed by
supramolecular lattices on graphene «Marco Gobbi, Sara Bonacchi, Jian X. Lian, Yi Liu, Xiao - Ye Wang, Marc - Antoine Stoeckel, Marco A. Squillaci, Gabriele D'Avino, Akimitsu Narita, Klaus Müllen, Xinliang Feng, Yoann Olivier, David Beljonne, Paolo Samorì & Emanuele Orgiu Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 14767 DOI: 10.1038 / ncomms14767
Top — left: molecular structure of a plastomer synthesized in this work; right:
supramolecular structure formed by the assembly of identical plastomers.
Back then, most researchers were working on making
supramolecular systems that were able to perform either linear or rotational motions — «but Jean - Marie said, when I arrived in the lab, «You know, the most important mechanical motion in the world is the coiling motion of the proteins in the biological world,»» Barboiu recalls.
Three years into his Ph.D. studies, he was effectively leading a group of five young researchers
in supramolecular chemistry at RCMMM.
Thus, we designed and synthesized new molecular architectures based on the 3D Janus tecton concept, suitable for self - assembly on surface
by supramolecular interactions such as coordination, halogen bond or hydrogen bond.3 Here we present two different model pyridyl end - capped molecules: the pedestal P1, and the naked pillar NP pedestal incorporating a cyclophane core.
This platform provides a model for robust implementation of phospholipid multilayers and a means toward future applications of functional phospholipid
supramolecular assemblies in device integration.
«His main scientific achievement has been to realize the interest of
combining supramolecular chemistry with facilitated transport in artificial membranes,» Guizard says.
With this information,
supramolecular chemist Rein Ulijn of the City University of New York and the University of Strathclyde developed an approach to producing gels on the basis of combining small building - block molecules that spontaneously form a network of nanosized fibers, the concentration of which could be tuned to adjust the stiffness of the resulting gel.
«It is remarkable that the composition and
supramolecular organization of keratins can control PbS [lead - sulfide] nanocrystal growth inside a hair,» the group writes.
Derived
from supramolecular chemistry [4], the new compounds synthesized by the researchers have original properties: within several minutes, they bring about the growth of lamellar networks of actin filaments.
This bottom - up
supramolecular approach can be extended and applied to other inorganic 2D materials such as transition metal dichalcogenides, paving the way to more complex multilayer van der Waals heterostructures.
Originally from the UK, Faust travelled to New Zealand to deliver a presentation at the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and
Supramolecular Chemistry on an Engineering and Physical Science Research Council award — a prize for top - performing PhD students.
The major challenge for scientist is how to assemble these complex globular proteins
into supramolecular architectures efficiently while preserving their function.
Mulfort designs new molecular and
supramolecular architectures that convert light energy and water into hydrogen and oxygen for eventual use as fuels of all types.
Heterocyclic compounds, carbohydrates, polymers, elaboration of novel methodologies (e.g., organocatalysis,
supramolecular synthesis).
The PNNL scientists found that RNAP exists as a
large supramolecular complex whose protein composition substantially changes in response to growth conditions.
The Chloroplast Gene ycf9 Encodes a Photosystem II (PSII) Core Subunit, PsbZ, That Participates in PSII Supramolecular Architecture
Their study explained changes in the assembly of a large
supramolecular protein complex involving RNA polymerase.
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Today, Barboiu leads the
Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems lab at IEM, with four postdocs and five Ph.D. students.
In this way, the researchers managed to demonstrate that
organic supramolecular lattices are suitable to create controllable 1D periodic potentials on the surface of graphene.
«With the help of cucurbiturils, new and more efficient formulations of steroid substances might be developed in the future,» Werner Nau, expert
for supramolecular chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen, says.
As the leader of a research group devoted to
biomimetic supramolecular chemistry, he creates «unnatural» molecules with defined, predetermined shapes that closely resemble the major biological polymers, proteins and DNA, found in cells.
An enzyme interacting with its target or «substrate» molecule is an example of a
natural supramolecular chemical system.
Then the monomers formed long,
supramolecular assemblages that look like strands of RNA when viewed with a high resolution microscope.
The paper, entitled «Dynamic peptide libraries for the discovery of
supramolecular nanomaterials,» is a continuation of Ulijn's research of tunable peptide structures, which have shown great promise in a variety of commercial applications.
[4] Supramolecular chemistry, the science of self - assembly and self - organization at the molecular scale, focuses on chemical entities resulting from the interactions between molecular objects.
In addition, the complexation of P1 with complementary entities (palladium II dichloride, terephtalic acid and 1,4 - diodobenzene) to form
supramolecular network was also investigated by infrared spectroscopy in solid state, the coordination with PdII beuing observed by as strong shift of the C - N bond stretching of the pyridine unit compared to the pedestal alone (1591 → 1609 cm - 1).
The lecture will present two examples of photonic biohybrid materials obtained in our laboratories: i)
Supramolecular photoconverters resulting from chemical modification of photosynthetic bacterial enzymes.
The appointee is expected to work in an interdisciplinary project
involving supramolecular chemistry and molecular recognition.
The Department of Chemistry is hosting a seminar entitled «
Modular Supramolecular Fluorescent Receptors: Functional Materials and Applications as Probes for Anions.»
Take for example this, «A Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Formed from a Star —
Star Supramolecular Architecture» in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 52, Issue 24, pages 6180 — 6184.
Nanotechnology («nanotech») is science, engineering, and technology of the manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and
supramolecular scale.
From
supramolecular synthons to weak hydrogen bonds, Gautam Desiraju's research has impacted several areas of chemistry
«This research quite possibly marks the first time we have documented this experimental transformation from nano - sized giant tetrahedral to
supramolecular lattices,» said Joe Akkara, a materials science program director from the National Science Foundation, which funded the research.
After 2015 - 2020, the field will expand to include molecular nanosystems — heterogeneous networks in which molecules and
supramolecular structures serve as distinct devices.
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