Self-assembly has been extensively studied in chemistry,physics,biology,and materials engineering and has become an important“bottom-up”approach in creating intriguing structures for different applications.Using dis...Self-assembly has been extensively studied in chemistry,physics,biology,and materials engineering and has become an important“bottom-up”approach in creating intriguing structures for different applications.Using dissipative self-assembly to construct fuel-dependent,energy-consuming,and dynamic nonequilibrium systems is important for developing intelligent life-like materials.Furthermore,dissipative self-assembly has become a research hotspot in materials chemistry,biomedical science,environmental chemistry,and physical chemistry.An in-depth understanding of the process and mechanism provides useful insights to the researchers for devel-oping materials using dissipative self-assembly and also helps guide future innovation in material fabrication.This critical review comprehensively analyzes various chemical fuel input and energy consumption mechanisms,supported by numerous illustrative examples.Versatile transient assemblies,including gels,vesicles,micelles,and nanoparticle aggregates,have been systematically studied in our and other laboratories.The relationship between the molecular structure of precursors and temporal assemblies in dissipative self-assemblies is discussed from the perspective of physical chemistry.Using dissipative self-assembly methods to construct functional assemblies provides important implications for constructing high-energy,nonequilibrium,and intelligent functional materials.展开更多
Subject Code:C05 With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Dr.Li Qing(李晴)at the State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research,School of Life Sciences and...Subject Code:C05 With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Dr.Li Qing(李晴)at the State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research,School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences,Peking University,Beijing,recently reported that展开更多
One-dimensional(1D)functional nanowires are widely used as nanoscale building blocks for assembling advanced nanodevices due to their unique functionalities.However,previous research has mainly focused on nanowire fun...One-dimensional(1D)functional nanowires are widely used as nanoscale building blocks for assembling advanced nanodevices due to their unique functionalities.However,previous research has mainly focused on nanowire functionality,while neglecting the structural stability and damage resistance of nanowire assemblies,which are critical for the long-term operation of nanodevices.Biomaterials achieve excellent mechanical stability and damage resistance through sophisticated structural design.Here,we successfully prepared a mechanically stabilized monolamella silver nanowire(Ag NW)film,based on a facile bubblemediated assembly and nondestructive transfer strategy with the assistance of a porous mixed cellulose ester substrate,inspired by the hierarchical structure of biomaterial.Owing to the closely packed arrangement of Ag NWs combined with their weak interfaces,the monolamellar Ag NW film can be transferred to arbitrary substrates without damage.Furthermore,freestanding multilamellar Ag NW films with impressive damage resistance can be obtained from the monolamellar Ag NW film,through the introduction of bioinspired closely packed crossed-lamellar(CPCL)structure.This CPCL structure maximizes intra-and interlamellar interactions among Ag NWs ensuring efficient stress transfer and uniform electron transport,resulting in excellent mechanical durability and stable electrical properties of the multilamellar Ag NW films.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.22032003 and 22072073).
文摘Self-assembly has been extensively studied in chemistry,physics,biology,and materials engineering and has become an important“bottom-up”approach in creating intriguing structures for different applications.Using dissipative self-assembly to construct fuel-dependent,energy-consuming,and dynamic nonequilibrium systems is important for developing intelligent life-like materials.Furthermore,dissipative self-assembly has become a research hotspot in materials chemistry,biomedical science,environmental chemistry,and physical chemistry.An in-depth understanding of the process and mechanism provides useful insights to the researchers for devel-oping materials using dissipative self-assembly and also helps guide future innovation in material fabrication.This critical review comprehensively analyzes various chemical fuel input and energy consumption mechanisms,supported by numerous illustrative examples.Versatile transient assemblies,including gels,vesicles,micelles,and nanoparticle aggregates,have been systematically studied in our and other laboratories.The relationship between the molecular structure of precursors and temporal assemblies in dissipative self-assemblies is discussed from the perspective of physical chemistry.Using dissipative self-assembly methods to construct functional assemblies provides important implications for constructing high-energy,nonequilibrium,and intelligent functional materials.
文摘Subject Code:C05 With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Dr.Li Qing(李晴)at the State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research,School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences,Peking University,Beijing,recently reported that
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFA0715700)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grants XDB0450402)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22293044,21975241,22222508)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WK2340000112)the Major Basic Research Project of Anhui Province(2023z04020009)the New Cornerstone Investigator Program.
文摘One-dimensional(1D)functional nanowires are widely used as nanoscale building blocks for assembling advanced nanodevices due to their unique functionalities.However,previous research has mainly focused on nanowire functionality,while neglecting the structural stability and damage resistance of nanowire assemblies,which are critical for the long-term operation of nanodevices.Biomaterials achieve excellent mechanical stability and damage resistance through sophisticated structural design.Here,we successfully prepared a mechanically stabilized monolamella silver nanowire(Ag NW)film,based on a facile bubblemediated assembly and nondestructive transfer strategy with the assistance of a porous mixed cellulose ester substrate,inspired by the hierarchical structure of biomaterial.Owing to the closely packed arrangement of Ag NWs combined with their weak interfaces,the monolamellar Ag NW film can be transferred to arbitrary substrates without damage.Furthermore,freestanding multilamellar Ag NW films with impressive damage resistance can be obtained from the monolamellar Ag NW film,through the introduction of bioinspired closely packed crossed-lamellar(CPCL)structure.This CPCL structure maximizes intra-and interlamellar interactions among Ag NWs ensuring efficient stress transfer and uniform electron transport,resulting in excellent mechanical durability and stable electrical properties of the multilamellar Ag NW films.
