Macroscopic Supramolecular Assembly of Rigid Building Blocks Through a Flexible Spacing Coating. (22nd January 2014) - Cheng, Mengjiao
Abstract Macroscopic supramolecular assembly is a promising method for manufacturing macroscopic, ordered structures for tissue‐engineering scaffolds. A flexible spacing coating is shown to overcome undesired surface and size effects and to enable assembly of macroscopic cubes with host/guest groups. The assembled pairs disassembled upon introduction of competitive guest molecules, thereby demonstrating a multivalent assembly mechanism.