Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials

Design and synthesis of novel supramolecular architectures is an interesting area of research in the last two decades. Intermolecular interactions assisted self-assembly of molecular and macromolecular building blocks play an important role in obtaining the desired shape and function of the supramol...

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Main Author: Valiyaveettil, Suresh
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Language:en_US
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3933
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description Design and synthesis of novel supramolecular architectures is an interesting area of research in the last two decades. Intermolecular interactions assisted self-assembly of molecular and macromolecular building blocks play an important role in obtaining the desired shape and function of the supramolecular architectures. A combination of the classical covalent synthesis with the self-assembly assisted formation of well-defined architectures (noncovalent synthesis) allows us to develop novel multifunctional materials. Our approach in this area is focused on the design of novel molecular and biomolecular building blocks and the optimization of structure-property relationship of the materials using self-assembly approach. This presentation will focus on our recent efforts on the design and synthesis of polymers and oligopeptides for investigation of the self-assembly and fine-tuning the structure-property relationship. Also, some highlights will be given on our initial investigation on how hard minerals are synthesized by natural molecules through the self-assembly processes.
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spelling mit-1721.1/39332019-04-12T08:15:25Z Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials Valiyaveettil, Suresh supramolecular architectures intermolecular interactions molecular building blocks self-assembly macromolecular building blocks self-assembly structure-property relationship noncovalent synthesis Design and synthesis of novel supramolecular architectures is an interesting area of research in the last two decades. Intermolecular interactions assisted self-assembly of molecular and macromolecular building blocks play an important role in obtaining the desired shape and function of the supramolecular architectures. A combination of the classical covalent synthesis with the self-assembly assisted formation of well-defined architectures (noncovalent synthesis) allows us to develop novel multifunctional materials. Our approach in this area is focused on the design of novel molecular and biomolecular building blocks and the optimization of structure-property relationship of the materials using self-assembly approach. This presentation will focus on our recent efforts on the design and synthesis of polymers and oligopeptides for investigation of the self-assembly and fine-tuning the structure-property relationship. Also, some highlights will be given on our initial investigation on how hard minerals are synthesized by natural molecules through the self-assembly processes. Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) 2003-12-16T02:52:10Z 2003-12-16T02:52:10Z 2004-01 Article http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3933 en_US Molecular Engineering of Biological and Chemical Systems (MEBCS); 11913 bytes application/pdf application/pdf
spellingShingle supramolecular architectures
intermolecular interactions
molecular building blocks self-assembly
macromolecular building blocks self-assembly
structure-property relationship
noncovalent synthesis
Valiyaveettil, Suresh
Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials
title Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials
title_full Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials
title_fullStr Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials
title_full_unstemmed Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials
title_short Molecular Engineering Approaches to Highly Structured Materials
title_sort molecular engineering approaches to highly structured materials
topic supramolecular architectures
intermolecular interactions
molecular building blocks self-assembly
macromolecular building blocks self-assembly
structure-property relationship
noncovalent synthesis
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3933
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