Selection Through a Stabilizing Phase Change

Component evolution in a DCL may be directed by the self-selection of Ubrary members that lead to the formation of the most highly organized and stable phase. This concept has been applied to both gelation and crystallization. 

Dynamic polymers ( dynamers ), formed by linking monomers through reversible reactions, have emerged as a means to generate adaptive materials [33]. It has been possible to direct the distribution of different dynamers from within a DCL 

In a related example, sorting of a DCL during crystallization has led to the selection of a pair of enantiomers from a complex library of diastereomers 

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