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Directed Assembly

is an EPSRC-funded Grand Challenge network aiming to gain unprecedented control of the assembly of molecules that are the building blocks of many functional materials, consumer and industrial products.

The aim is to understand the assembly of the very small, and through this to explore the methods that will allow production of new types of useful materials at a whole range of length scales from the nano-scale to the everyday.

Publications in the Directed Assembly article collection spanned the focus areas within this theme, and highlighted the latest developments being made towards realising the Grand Challenge.

Edited by: Dr Julian Rose, Professor Paul Raithby and Professor Harris Makatsoris.


  1. The morphologies of a diblock copolymer spherically confined within a homopolymer were investigated by using the static self-consistent field theory method. A homogeneous A-B diblock copolymer sphere was surround...

    Authors: Dung Q. Ly and Charalampos Makatsoris
    Citation: ¾Á¸»ŠÊ˜·³Ç Chemistry 2019 13:24
  2. The quality of material medicine resources has had a considerable impact on the development of the health industry, which has created a bottleneck for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Dendrobium officinale, wh...

    Authors: Chunhua Zhou, Zhenshan Xie, Zhouxi Lei, Yuechun Huang and Gang Wei
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2018 12:40
  3. In the present study, tara seed oil was obtained by supercritical fluid extraction and used to investigate the antioxidant strength of carnosic acid (CA) compared with conventional synthetic antioxidants.

    Authors: Zhan-jun Li, Feng-jian Yang, Lei Yang and Yuan-gang Zu
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2018 12:37
  4. Over the past few decades, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have proved themselves as strong contenders in the world of porous materials, standing alongside established classes of compounds such as zeolites and...

    Authors: Alexander J. Tansell, Corey L. Jones and Timothy L. Easun
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2017 11:100
  5. To showcase the Networks’ success during phase two (2012–2016), and to set out the strategy for phase three (2017–2019), the Directed Assembly Network held a meeting at the Royal Society in London, United King...

    Authors: J. A. R. Rose, P. R. Raithby and C. Makatsoris
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2017 11:77
  6. Authors: J. A. R. Rose, P. R. Raithby and C. Makatsoris
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2017 11:70
  7. This study has demonstrated the use of crystallography, topology and graph set analysis in the description and classification of the complex hydrogen bonded network of triamterene. The aim is to give a brief o...

    Authors: David S. Hughes, Amit Delori, Abida Rehman and William Jones
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2017 11:63
  8. In the pursuit of materials with structure-related function, directing the assembly of materials is paramount. The resultant structure can be controlled by ordering of reactants, spatial confinement and contro...

    Authors: K. Robertson
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2017 11:4
  9. The unique photophysical properties of the Ln(III) series has led to significant research efforts being directed towards their application in sensors. However, for “real-life†applications, these sensors shoul...

    Authors: Dominic J. Wales and Jonathan A. Kitchen
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2016 10:72
  10. A critical appraisal of the current strategies for the synthesis of enantiopure drugs is presented, along with a systematic background for the computational design of stereoselective porous polymers. These mat...

    Authors: Tessa Jalink, Tom Farrand and Carmelo Herdes
    Citation: Chemistry Central Journal 2016 10:66