Supramolecular copolymerization through self-correction of non-polymerizable transient intermediates.

ABSTRACT: Kinetic control over structures and functions of complex assembly systems has aroused widespread interest. Understanding the complex pathway and transient intermediates is helpful to decipher how multiple components evolve into complex assemblies. However, for supramolecular polymerizations, thorough and quantitative kinetic analysis is often overlooked. Challenges remain in collecting the information of structure and content of transient intermediates in situ with high temporal and spatial resolution. Here, the unsolved evolution mechanism of a classical self-sorting supramolecular copolymerization system was addressed by employing multidimensional NMR techniques coupled with a microfluidic technique. Unexpected complex pathways were revealed and quantitatively analyzed. A counteri

SUBMITTER: Chen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258341 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature