This Work Reports:
• The first example of a fully electrically fueled dissipative self-assembly system.
• The active systems can be sustained over a long period of time.
• The system does not generate any chemical waste.
• The active assembly can be spatiotemporally controlled precisely.
Impact:
• This work overcomes a major challenge in the fueled active materials field by developing waste-free, sustainable active system.
• This work opens door toward developing an dynamic neuromorphic signaling device, which fits well with one of the primary goals of IRG 2.
Dipankar Barpuzary, Paul J. Hurst, Joseph P. Patterson, and Zhibin Guan (University of California, Irvine)
UCI MRSEC 2011967 IRG-2 Guan Fully Electrically Fueled Supramolecular Living System
Barpuzary D, Hurst PJ, Patterson JP, Guan Z. “Waste-free, complete electrically fueled dissipative self-assembly materials” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145, 3727-3735 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c13140
