Biomimetic temporal self-assembly via fuel-driven controlled supramolecular polymerization.

Temporal control of supramolecular assemblies to modulate the structural and transient characteristics of synthetic nanostructures is an active field of research within supramolecular chemistry. Molecular designs to attain temporal control have often taken inspiration from biological assemblies. One such assembly in Nature which has been studied extensively, for its well-defined structure and programmable self-assembly, is the ATP-driven seeded self-assembly of actin.

Molecular recognition driven self-assembly and chiral induction in naphthalene diimide amphiphiles.

Naphthalene diimide amphiphiles functionalized with the dipicolylethylenediamine motif self-assemble with tunable chirality upon molecular recognition with various adenosine phosphates and competitive guest binding leads to the dynamic helix reversal of these assemblies.