Stimuli-Directed Helical Chirality Inversion and Bio-Applications
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Abstract
Helical structure is a sophisticated ubiquitous motif found in nature, in artificial polymers, and in supramolecular assemblies from microscopic to macroscopic points of view. Significant progress has been made in the synthesis and structural elucidation of helical polymers, nevertheless, a new direction for helical polymeric materials, is how to design smart systems with controllable helical chirality, and further use them to develop chiral functional materials and promote their applications in biology, biochemistry, medicine, and nanotechnology fields. This review summarizes the recent progress in the development of high-performance systems with tunable helical chirality on receiving external stimuli and discusses advances in their applications as drug delivery vesicles, sensors, molecular switches, and liquid crystals. Challenges and opportunities in this emerging area are also presented in the conclusion.Keywords
Funding Information
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (2013CB933002)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51473131, 21275114, 51533007, 51521001)
- China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (51325202)
- “Chutian Scholar” Program and Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2014CFA039)
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