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Reactions Coupled Self- and Co-Assembly: A Highly Dynamic Process and the Resultant Spatially Inhomogeneous Structure
1State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Reactions coupled self-assembly represents a step forward towards biomimetic behavior in the field of supramolecular research. Here, two pH-dependent reactions of thiol-disulfide exchange and ligand exchange were used to couple with the self-assembly of an AuI -thiolate coordination polymer consisting of two ligands. Thanks to the comparable rates between the reactions and self-assembly, the compositions of the assemblies change continuously with time, resulting in a highly dynamic assembly process and spatially inhomogeneous structure that are very common in life systems but cannot be easily obtained with one-pot artificial methods.
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