Smart Organic Two‐Dimensional Materials Based on a Rational Combination of Non‐covalent Interactions

Abstract

Rational design of organic 2D (O2D) materials has made some progress,but it is still in its infancy.Aclass of selfassembling small molecules is presented that form nano/ microscale supramolecular 2D materials in aqueous media. A judicial combination of four different intermolecular interactions forms the basis for the robust formation of these ultrathin assemblies.These assemblies can be programmed to disassemble in response to as pecific protein and release its noncovalently bound guest molecules.Supportinginformation and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under: http://dx.

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