Supramacromolecular polymers

Oligomerization of nucleobases can be advantageous to reinforce the H-bonding supramolecular motifs when supramacromolecular polymers are desired. Moreover the different interconverting outputs that may form by oligomerization define a dynamic polyfunctional diversity which may be extracted selectively under the intrinsic stability of the system or by interaction with external factors by polymerization in the solid state. 

Figure 1 (a) Supramolecular 1 and supramacromolecular 2 polymers resulted from intermolecular and intermacromolecular self-organization,... 

The term polymer reactions is used in a very broad sense. It refers not only to the usual step growth and chain growth reactions that produce polymers, but also to postpolymerization modifications, conjugation, degradation processes, noncovalent polymers, physical reactions producing aggregates and gels, and supramacromolecular assemblies. 

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