Transient Supramolecular Assembly by Programmable pH Cycles

09 October 2019, Version 1
This content is a preprint and has not undergone peer review at the time of posting.

Abstract

Transient self-assembly is a necessary step towards the development of life-like materials. Our approach allows to program pH-driven supramolecular assembly in the time domain with tailorable lag- and life-times, overcoming the limitations of previously described approaches and setting a new standard for active materials design.

Keywords

Clock reactions
Supramolecular assembly
Time domain
pH-Driven Reversible Self-Assembly
Perylene diimide
Cyclic esters
Formaldehyde clock

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