Research
Programming supramolecular polymer network topology via homochiral self-sorting
Nature · By Yuzhe Wang ·
The Brief
- A paper in Nature Chemistry, published online 9 November 2026, examines how stereochemistry can control the topology of polymer networks.
- The authors use homochiral self-sorting to suppress some network arrangements; the source excerpt is cut off before naming the outcome.
- The work is presented as a way to program supramolecular polymer network topology via chirality.
Why it matters
It offers a chemical design handle, stereochemistry, for controlling how supramolecular polymer networks are structured, which matters to researchers designing such materials.
Who’s affected
- supramolecular and polymer chemists
- materials scientists working on stereochemically controlled assemblies
- #supramolecular polymers
- #polymer networks
- #stereochemistry
- #chirality
- #self-sorting
Nature Chemistry, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02282-8 Stereochemistry greatly influences polymer structure and assembly, yet its use in controlling polymer network topology remains underexplored. Now, homochiral self-sorting is used to suppress…
Timeline
Published online in Nature Chemistry (doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02282-8)
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Programming supramolecular polymer network topology via homochiral self-sorting