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Accession Number:
ADA281436
Title:
Molecular Recognition Directed Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Polymers
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV CLEVELAND OH DEPT OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE
Report Date:
1994-06-30
Pagination or Media Count:
62.0
Abstract:
The first part of this paper discusses the molecular design of selected examples of structural units containing taper shaped exo-receptors and various crown ether, oligooxethylenic, and H-bonding based endo-receptors, which self-assemble into cylindrical channel-like architectures via principles resembling those of tobacco mosaic virus TMV. The ability of these structural units to self-assemble via a delicate combination of exo- and endo-recognition processes will be presented. A comparison between various supramolecular generated via H-bonding, ionic, and electrostatic interactions and molecular polymer backbones will be made. The present limitations concerning the ability to engineer the structural parameters of these supramolecular channel-like architectures and some possible novel material functions derived from them will be briefly mentioned. The second part of this paper will discuss our research on the molecular design of a novel class of macrocyclics which self-assemble via intramolecular recognition processes into supramolecular rod-like collapsed macrocyclics which display thermotropic liquid crystalline mesophases
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE