All Self assembly articles – Page 2
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ResearchRemote control droplets merge on command to perform reactions
Responsive surfactants offer new ways to control chemical processes
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NewsMolecular knot gets Guinness world record
David Leigh’s circular triple helix is officially the tightest knot ever tied
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ResearchPatchy particles with predictable patterns
Controllable, predictable method produces patchy particles on a large scale
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ResearchSelf-destructing material mimics nature
Unstable chemical system inspired by ATP-consuming cells could be programmed to release drugs
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ResearchPolar solvents promote halogen bonds over hydrogen ones
Solvent decides bonding battle winner in supramolecular systems
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ResearchClock watching self-assembly system knows when to start
pH clock reaction and lactone hydrolysis combine to give an autonomous chemical control strategy
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ResearchRecord polyhedron boosts molecular self-assembly
New supramolecular system shape found by chance inspires improved design principle
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FeatureSupraheroes
The three winners of this year’s chemistry Nobel gave chemists the tools to make molecules into machines. Emma Stoye assembles the story
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NewsMolecular machines roll in for the 2016 chemistry Nobel
Ben Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart take chemistry’s top gong for creating a series of nanoscale machines
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ResearchChemists cultivate ‘macromolecular wheatsheaf’
Triply-threaded rotaxane could bind together long-chain organic molecules
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ResearchRotaxane raises the bar for self-replicating chemical systems
Self-replicating rotaxane may open the door for autonomous chemical synthesis
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ResearchDNA inspires smart phospholipids
Liposomes made from synthetic nucleoside phospholipids could benefit drug delivery
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ResearchHydrogel with a basic instinct for drug delivery
Gel that releases naproxen in alkaline surroundings is promising step toward relieving drug’s side effects
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ResearchFractal first as molecules form Sierpinski triangles
Scientists have produced a repeating triangular pattern through molecular self-assembly
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ResearchDNA origami makes moving machines
Hinge-like structures can open and close again and again on binding of DNA
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FeatureLet the molecules do the talking
Using molecules rather than electronics or optics to send messages sounds far-fetched, but it’s common in nature. Nina Notman dials up some compounds and investigates
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