Spotlights on Recent JACS Publications

摘要

Assembling small molecules into supramolecular aggregates through non-covalent interactions has become an important bottom-up means for preparing multifunctional and stimuli-responsive materials. Much research has been devoted to controlling how these supramolecular polymers form and the possibility of stabilizing out-of-equilibrium states. A significant portion of this work has considered various strategies toward achieving spatiotemporal control of polymerization. However, being able to capture metastable states and release them on demand to form thermodynamically stable species could offer a new way for managing supramolecular assembly.