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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18589-0
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology [CE140100036]
- ARC [DP170103331]
- National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Principal Research Fellowship [GNT1135806]
- Australian Government [e87]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [E87] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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We report a facile strategy for engineering diverse particles based on the supramolecular assembly of natural polyphenols and a self-polymerizable aromatic dithiol. In aqueous conditions, uniform and size-tunable supramolecular particles are assembled through -pi interactions as mediated by polyphenols. Owing to the high binding affinity of phenolic motifs present at the surface, these particles allow for the subsequent deposition of various materials (i.e., organic, inorganic, and hybrid components), producing a variety of monodisperse functional particles. Moreover, the solvent-dependent disassembly of the supramolecular networks enables their removal, generating a wide range of corresponding hollow structures including capsules and yolk-shell structures. The versatility of these supramolecular networks, combined with their negligible cytotoxicity provides a pathway for the rational design of a range of particle systems (including core-shell, hollow, and yolk-shell) with potential in biomedical and environmental applications. Monodisperse colloidal particles with tunable properties show promise for biomedical, energy, and environmental applications and simple routes for fabricating these particles are of interest. Here, the authors report a facile strategy for fabrication of diverse particles based on the supramolecular assembly of phenols and self-polymerizable thiols
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