%0 Journal Article %J Nat Commun %D 2019 %T Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization. %A Jain, Ankit %A Dhiman, Shikha %A Dhayani, Ashish %A Vemula, Praveen K %A George, Subi J %X

Temporal control over self-assembly process is a desirable trait in the quest towards adaptable and controllable materials. The ability to devise synthetic ways to control the growth, as well as decay of materials has long been a property which only the biological systems could perform seamlessly. A common synthetic strategy which works on the biological principles such as chemical fuel-driven control over temporal self-assembly profile has not been completely realized synthetically. Here we show, we filled this dearth by showing that a chemical fuel driven self-assembling system can not only be grown in a controlled manner, but it can also result in precise control over the assembly and disassembly kinetics. Herein, we elaborate strategies which clearly show that once a chemical fuel driven self-assembly is established it can be made receptive to multiple molecular cues such that the inherent growth and decay characteristics are programmed into the ensemble.

%B Nat Commun %V 10 %P 450 %8 2019 01 25 %G eng %N 1 %R 10.1038/s41467-019-08308-9