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ArticleNature communications2025

Mapping in situ the assembly and dynamics in aqueous supramolecular polymers.

Huachuan Du, Ruomeng Qiu, Xianwen Lou, Stef A H Jansen, Hiroaki Sai, Yuyang Wang, Albert J Markvoort, E W Meijer, Samuel I Stupp

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Toward development of a dynamic supramolecular peptide therapy for acute ischemic stroke.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Huachuan DuCenter for Regenerative Nanomedicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1684-4430
Ruomeng QiuCenter for Regenerative Nanomedicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Xianwen LouInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Stef A H JansenInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1505-8462
Hiroaki SaiCenter for Regenerative Nanomedicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4268-2148
Yuyang WangInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Albert J MarkvoortInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-9557
E W MeijerInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. e.w.meijer@tue.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4126-7492
Samuel I StuppCenter for Regenerative Nanomedicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. s-stupp@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5491-7442

Funding

X-ray Scattering Technology CoreP30GM133893 · NIGMS · BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB · PI Sean McSweeney · 2019 to 2026
$38.6M
A Simultaneous SAXS/WAXS Detector System for Solving Biological StructuresS10OD012331 · OD · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI ALLAIRE, MARC · 2012 to 2012
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM133893NIH HHS S10 OD012331
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Supramolecular polymers, bonded through directional non-covalent interactions, closely mimic dynamic behaviors of biological nanofibers. However, the complexity of assembly pathways makes it highly challenging to unravel the nature of supramolecular dynamics in aqueous environments. Here we introduce a precise combinatorial titration methodology to probe in situ the assembly of peptide amphiphiles (PAs). This approach reveals a binary assembly mechanism governed by equilibrium between spheroidal micelles and β-sheet polymers. Weakening hydrogen bonding shifts the equilibrium towards micelles and decreases the internal structural order of filamentous polymers, promoting supramolecular dynamics. Extending this methodology to two-component copolymerization systems, we find a surprising tendency to form blocky nanostructures with reduced internal phase separation as the mismatch in peptide sequence decreases. Interestingly, while well-mixed copolymers acquire different dynamics, mismatched ones retain the characteristic supramolecular motion of their homopolymer counterparts. These critical insights into supramolecular dynamics offer strategies to tailor the dynamic functions of supramolecular nanomaterials.

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