A tunable multicolor luminescent supramolecular system was designed in aqueous media employing the self-assembly of a cationic amphiphilic cyanostilbene and the host–guest chemistry of cucurbit[7]uril.
Novel cellulose hydrogels based on the inclusion complex between α-cyclodextrin and binary-drug loaded nanoparticles (carboxymethylcellulose–betulinic acid/hydroxycamptothecine nanoparticles) were prepared in aqueous media for the first time.
Fluorescent nanoparticles composed of a self-assembled polysaccharide derivative and a conjugated polymer show greatly improved sensitivity for the selective detection of a banned food dye in aqueous media.
Short amphiphilic oligo(ethylene glycol)–oligolactide fragments were used to chemically modify a hydrophobic and toxic taxane drug, which induced the self-assembly of the resultant prodrug entities in aqueous media for intravenous administration.
The oxime connection between linear peptides and hydrophobic aldehydes affords amphiphiles that are excellent biocompatible scaffolds for the hierarchical self-assembly of nano and micro fibrillar structures in aqueous media.
Thermodynamic Instability of A Self-Assembled 16-Residue Alanine-Based Oligopeptide in Aqueous Media: Hydrogel, Fibril, and Beaded Filament Formation