Zero-to-Two Nanoarchitectonics: Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Materials from Zero-Dimensional Fullerene

Nanoarchitectonics of two-dimensional materials from zero-dimensional fullerenes is mainly introduced in this short review. Fullerenes are simple objects with mono-elemental (carbon) composition and zero-dimensional structure. However, fullerenes and their derivatives can create various types of two-dimensional materials. The exemplified approaches demonstrated fabrications of various two-dimensional materials including size-tunable hexagonal fullerene nanosheet, two-dimensional fullerene nano-mesh, van der Waals two-dimensional fullerene solid, fullerene/ferrocene hybrid hexagonal nanosheet, fullerene/cobalt porphyrin hybrid nanosheet, two-dimensional fullerene array in the supramolecular template, two-dimensional van der Waals supramolecular framework, supramolecular fullerene liquid crystal, frustrated layered self-assembly from two-dimensional nanosheet, and hierarchical zero-to-one-to-two dimensional fullerene assembly for cell culture.

Macrolactonization Driven by Supramolecular Interactions

Macrolactones constitute a privileged class of natural and synthetic products with a broad range of applications in the fine chemicals and pharmaceutical industry. Despite all the progresses made towards their synthesis, notably from <i>seco</i>-acids, a macrolactonization promoter system that is effective, selective, flexible, readily available, and, insofar as possible, compatible with manifold functional groups is still lacking. Herein, we describe an alternative strategy relying on a speculated supramolecular template to enable a convenient access to macrolactones, macrodiolides and esters with a versatility that had not been reached with classic methods.

Macrolactonization Driven by Supramolecular Interactions

Macrolactones constitute a privileged class of natural and synthetic products with a broad range of applications in the fine chemicals and pharmaceutical industry. Despite all the progresses made towards their synthesis, notably from <i>seco</i>-acids, a macrolactonization promoter system that is effective, selective, flexible, readily available, and, insofar as possible, compatible with manifold functional groups is still lacking. Herein, we describe an alternative strategy relying on a speculated supramolecular template to enable a convenient access to macrolactones, macrodiolides and esters with a versatility that had not been reached with classic methods.

A covalent organic cage compound acting as a supramolecular shadow mask for the regioselective functionalization of C60

The taming of the Prato reaction: a covalent organic cage compound serves as a supramolecular template for the regioselective functionalization of C60.

Chirality induction on non-chiral dye-linked polysilsesquioxane in nanohelical structures

Chirally arranged organic dye-linked polysilsesquioxane was prepared, through a sol–gel transcription using its non-chiral precursor with a chiral supramolecular template, and its chiroptical properties were investigated.

Reversible modulation of plasmonic chiral signals of achiral gold nanorods using a chiral supramolecular template

A thermal/optical/pH/glucose-responsive chiral plasmonic system was constructed on the basis of the reversible self-assembly of phenylboronic acid-capped gold nanorods guided by a supramolecular glycopeptide mimetic template.