Light-Controlled Molecular Assembly Breakthrough Enables Precision Nanomaterial Synthesis
Researchers have pioneered a light-regulated approach to living supramolecular polymerization that overcomes longstanding energy landscape challenges. The method uses aromatic cation-π interactions and azobenzene conformational changes to create precisely controlled 2D nanosheets with seed-accelerated growth capabilities.
Breakthrough in Molecular Assembly Control
Scientists have developed a novel strategy for controlling living supramolecular polymerization that could revolutionize the creation of precisely structured nanomaterials, according to research published in Nature Synthesis. The approach addresses what analysts suggest has been a fundamental challenge in coupling kinetic and thermodynamic energy landscapes during the polymerization process.