Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromolecules
A century after Staudinger's Macromolecular Hypothesis, macromolecular science is entering a new era. In this perspective, we discuss size effects and the nature of macromolecules. With increasing molecular size, the complexity increases dramatically in terms of both primary chemical structure...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2020-03-01
|
Series: | Giant |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266654252030014X |
id |
doaj-93d5402886c44896bcbf6a37236977ac |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-93d5402886c44896bcbf6a37236977ac2020-11-25T03:39:17ZengElsevierGiant2666-54252020-03-011100011Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromoleculesWen-Bin Zhang0Stephen Z.D. Cheng1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China; Corresponding author.South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, PR China; Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA; Corresponding author at: South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, PR China.A century after Staudinger's Macromolecular Hypothesis, macromolecular science is entering a new era. In this perspective, we discuss size effects and the nature of macromolecules. With increasing molecular size, the complexity increases dramatically in terms of both primary chemical structure and assembled physical structure, as exemplified by the information-bearing molecules like DNA, RNA, and proteins. The collective and cooperative interaction, as governed by different physical rules at different scales of length, time, and energy, leads to emergent properties of a macromolecule beyond the sum of its components and this is why size does matter. The increasingly open and inclusive macromolecular science calls for a multi-interdisciplinary forum for such studies and this is where Giant could make a big difference with a unified and updated perspective on the nature of macromolecules.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266654252030014XGiant moleculesMacromoleculesPolymersSymmetryTopology |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Wen-Bin Zhang Stephen Z.D. Cheng |
spellingShingle |
Wen-Bin Zhang Stephen Z.D. Cheng Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromolecules Giant Giant molecules Macromolecules Polymers Symmetry Topology |
author_facet |
Wen-Bin Zhang Stephen Z.D. Cheng |
author_sort |
Wen-Bin Zhang |
title |
Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromolecules |
title_short |
Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromolecules |
title_full |
Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromolecules |
title_fullStr |
Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromolecules |
title_full_unstemmed |
Giant is different: Size effects and the nature of macromolecules |
title_sort |
giant is different: size effects and the nature of macromolecules |
publisher |
Elsevier |
series |
Giant |
issn |
2666-5425 |
publishDate |
2020-03-01 |
description |
A century after Staudinger's Macromolecular Hypothesis, macromolecular science is entering a new era. In this perspective, we discuss size effects and the nature of macromolecules. With increasing molecular size, the complexity increases dramatically in terms of both primary chemical structure and assembled physical structure, as exemplified by the information-bearing molecules like DNA, RNA, and proteins. The collective and cooperative interaction, as governed by different physical rules at different scales of length, time, and energy, leads to emergent properties of a macromolecule beyond the sum of its components and this is why size does matter. The increasingly open and inclusive macromolecular science calls for a multi-interdisciplinary forum for such studies and this is where Giant could make a big difference with a unified and updated perspective on the nature of macromolecules. |
topic |
Giant molecules Macromolecules Polymers Symmetry Topology |
url |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266654252030014X |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT wenbinzhang giantisdifferentsizeeffectsandthenatureofmacromolecules AT stephenzdcheng giantisdifferentsizeeffectsandthenatureofmacromolecules |
_version_ |
1724539882211115008 |