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BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
Volume 91, Issue 6, Pages 957-978Publisher
CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20180008
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Self-assembly process; van der Waals interaction; The hydrophobic effect
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- JSPS [25102001, 25102005]
- Asahi Glass Foundation
- Mitsubishi Foundation
- Sekisui Integrated Research
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25102005, 25102001] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Two unresolved issues in molecular self-assembly are discussed. Firstly, a novel method for the investigation of molecular self-assembly processes (QASAP: quantitative analysis of self-assembly process) is introduced and recent progress in the understanding of coordination self-assembly processes revealed by QASAP is described. Secondary, a challenge to the construction of discrete molecular self-assemblies that are formed with the aid of weak, nondirectional molecular interactions (such as van der Waals interactions) and the hydrophobic effect is discussed. In the course of the development of hexameric cube-shaped molecular self-assemblies (nanocubes) from gear-shaped amphiphiles (GSAs) in water, a design principle of hydrophobic surface engineering and a novel strategy for the construction of thermally stable discrete assemblies, molecular 'Hozo', are presented.
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