Emergent Behaviors in Kinetically Controlled Dynamic Self-Assembly of Synthetic Molecular Systems.

ABSTRACT: Living systems are categorically a kinetic state of matter that exhibits complex functions and emergent behaviors. By contrast, synthetic systems are relatively simple and are typically controlled by the thermodynamic parameters. To understand this inherent difference between the biological and synthetic systems, novel approaches are of vital importance. In this regard, we have designed a three-component molecular system (a triad) by conjugating an amino acid with two functional molecules (naphthalenediimide and pyrene), which facilitates kinetically controlled self-assemblies. Herein, we describe three different molecular aggregation states of triads (entitled State I, State II, and State III) and also the dynamic pathway complexities associated with their transformations from one state t

SUBMITTER: Avinash MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6640818 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature