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."
