Fuel-driven strategies for temporal supramolecular polymerization

Abstract

"The urge towards a precise control over the structure and function of supramolecular polymers has recently aroused interest in temporally controlled supramolecular polymerization. The field is divided into two; living and transient supramolecular polymerization. The former deals with structural control such as length and dispersity, analogous to living polymerization in conventional polymers. The latter requires a temporally controlled switching of a structural/functional state in a supramolecular polymer. Such control has been inspired by nature that has precise control over spatial and temporal regimes. In this chapter, the necessity and challenges in achieving temporal control over supramolecular polymerization are described. Publication based on this work: S. Dhiman, A. Sarkar, S. J. George RSC Advances 2018, 8, 18913-18925. (Special Issue); S. Dhiman, S. J. George, Bull. Chem. Soc. of Jpn., 2018, 91, 687- 699. (Commemorative accounts); S. Dhiman and S. J. George in Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, (Eds.: S. J. George, C. Narayana, C N R Rao), World Scientific, 2019, 123- 147."