How far can we push chemical self-assembly? A personal interpretation

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Chinese Science Bulletin, Volume 61, Issue 26: 2872-2875(2016) https://doi.org/10.1360/N972016-00876

How far can we push chemical self-assembly? A personal interpretation

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  • ReceivedJul 17, 2016
  • AcceptedAug 10, 2016
  • PublishedAug 16, 2016

Abstract

In the past fifty years we have witnessed great advance in the research field of chemical self-assembly. In the future, studies on chemical self-assembly will absolutely continue to be one of the most active research fields of chemical science. How far can we push chemical self-assembly in the coming decades? The answer is probably “no answer”. But there are so many challenges which relate to chemical self-assembly and wait for chemists to address in the future. In my personal opinion, new advances or breakthroughs on tackling these challenges may be considered as the hallmarks where we have reached. Herein I would like to list some essential aspects concerning these challenges.


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国家重点基础研究发展计划(2013CB834501)

国家自然科学基金(91527301)

国家自然科学基金(21432004)


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  • 黎占亭

    1985年毕业于郑州大学化学系, 1992年在中国科学院上海有机化学研究所获博士学位, 曾在University of South Denmark和美国University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign做博士后研究. 入选中国科学院“百人计划”并获国家杰出青年科学基金资助, 现为复旦大学化学系教授. 长期开展自组装、分子识别及生物结构模拟研究, 发表论文220余篇. 2013年以来与赵新及刘毅等合作, 提出建立均相超分子有机框架(Supramolecular Organic Frameworks, SOFs)自组装结构体系.

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