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List of works by David K. Smith

1,3:2,4-Dibenzylidene-D-sorbitol (DBS) and its derivatives--efficient, versatile and industrially-relevant low-molecular-weight gelators with over 100 years of history and a bright future

scientific article published on 28 May 2015

A Dendritic Active Site:  Catalysis of the Henry Reaction

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

A Supramolecular Approach to Medicinal Chemistry: Medicine Beyond the Molecule

article

A direct comparison of one- and two-component dendritic self-assembled materials: elucidating molecular recognition pathways

scientific article published in May 2005

A simple new competition assay for heparin binding in serum applied to multivalent PAMAM dendrimers

scientific article published in May 2013

Anion Binding and Recognition by Inorganic Based Receptors

Anion Recognition by Redox-Responsive Ditopic Bis-Cobaltocenium Receptor Molecules Including a Novel Calix[4]arene Derivative That Binds a Dicarboxylate Dianion

Applying low-molecular weight supramolecular gelators in an environmental setting - self-assembled gels as smart materials for pollutant removal

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

Branched ferrocene derivatives: using redox potential to probe the dendritic interior †

Building bridges

article published in 2010

Catalytic Gels for a Prebiotically Relevant Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Water: From Organocatalyst Design to Hydrogel Discovery and Back Again

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Cation-responsive silver-selective organogel—exploiting silver–alkene interactions in the gel-phase

article

Chiral Assembly Preferences and Directing Effects in Supramolecular Two-Component Organogels

scientific article published on 29 March 2018

Chiral recognition at self-assembled multivalent (SAMul) nanoscale interfaces - enantioselectivity in polyanion binding

scientific article

Commercially Relevant Orthogonal Multi-Component Supramolecular Hydrogels for Programmed Cell Growth

Comparing dendritic and self-assembly strategies to multivalency--RGD peptide-integrin interactions

scientific article published on 17 May 2011

Controlled Release of DNA From Photoresponsive Hyperbranched Polyglycerols with Oligoamine Shells

Controlled Release of a Dendritically Encapsulated Template Molecule

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Controlled Synthesis of Optically Active Polyaniline Nanorods and Nanostructured Gold Microspheres Using Tetrachloroaurate as an Efficient Oxidant of Aniline

Controlled self-assembly-synthetic tunability and covalent capture of nanoscale gel morphologies

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Controlled self-sorting in the assembly of 'multi-gelator' gels

scientific article published on 19 November 2008

Controlling the materials properties and nanostructure of a single-component dendritic gel by adding a second component

article

Copper amino-acid complexes – towards encapsulated metal centres

Crown ether functionalised dendrons—controlled binding and release of dopamine in both solution and gel-phases

scholarly article by Sonia V. Brignell & David K. Smith published 2007 in New Journal of Chemistry

Cyclic and open-chain aza–oxa ferrocene-functionalised derivatives as receptors for the selective electrochemical sensing of toxic heavy metal ions in aqueous environments

article

Degradable self-assembling dendrons for gene delivery: experimental and theoretical insights into the barriers to cellular uptake

scientific article

Dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers

Dendrimers and the double helix--from DNA binding towards gene therapy

scientific article published on January 2008

Dendritic gelators

scientific article published on January 2005

Dendritic lanthanide complexes and the effect of Lewis-acid encapsulation

Dendritic receptors designed to bind polyanions in both organic and aqueous media

Dendritic supermolecules--towards controllable nanomaterials.

scientific article published on September 2005

Dendron-protected Au nanoparticles—Effect of dendritic structure on chemical stability

article by Christine S. Love et al published October 2006 in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Dendron-stabilised gold nanoparticles: generation dependence of core size and thermal stabilityElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: TEM images of G1-Au, G2-Au, G3-Au complete with size distribution curves, and characterization data f

Dendrons with spermine surface groups as potential building blocks for nonviral vectors in gene therapy

scientific article published on January 2006

Diffusion across a gel-gel interface - molecular-scale mobility of self-assembled 'solid-like' gel nanofibres in multi-component supramolecular organogels

article

Double-degradable responsive self-assembled multivalent arrays--temporary nanoscale recognition between dendrons and DNA.

scientific article

Dynamic evolving two-component supramolecular gels-hierarchical control over component selection in complex mixtures.

scientific article

Effect of buffer at nanoscale molecular recognition interfaces - electrostatic binding of biological polyanions

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Effect of buffer on heparin binding and sensing in competitive aqueous media

Effects of a PEG additive on the biomolecular interactions of self-assembled dendron nanostructures

Electrostatic binding of polyanions using self-assembled multivalent (SAMul) ligand displays - structure-activity effects on DNA/heparin binding

Emergence of highly-ordered hierarchical nanoscale aggregates on electrostatic binding of self-assembled multivalent (SAMul) cationic micelles with polyanionic heparin

scientific article published on 12 December 2016

Enantiomeric and Diastereomeric Self-Assembled Multivalent Nanostructures: Understanding the Effects of Chirality on Binding to Polyanionic Heparin and DNA

scholarly article by Kiri A. Thornalley et al published 12 June 2018 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Enantioselective Component Selection in Multicomponent Supramolecular Gels

article

Encapsulated binding sites--synthetically simple receptors for the binding and transport of HCl

scientific article published on 09 June 2009

Expanding the scope of gels – combining polymers with low-molecular-weight gelators to yield modified self-assembling smart materials with high-tech applications

Exploring molecular recognition pathways in one- and two-component gels formed by dendritic lysine-based gelators

article

Exploring molecular recognition pathways within a family of gelators with different hydrogen bonding motifs

Ferrocene encapsulated within symmetric dendrimers: a deeper understanding of dendritic effects on redox potential

scientific article published on February 2002

First-generation shaped gel reactors based on photo-patterned hybrid hydrogels

scientific article from 2020

Fluorescent ‘two-faced’ polymer wafers with embedded pyrene-functionalised gelator nanofibres

From crazy chemists to engaged learners through education ⬇️

scientific article published on August 23, 2011

From fundamental supramolecular chemistry to self-assembled nanomaterials and medicines and back again - how Sam inspired SAMul

scientific article

Heparin sensing and binding - taking supramolecular chemistry towards clinical applications

scientific article published on 10 September 2013

Heparin versus DNA: Chiral Preferences in Polyanion Binding to Self-Assembled Multivalent (SAMul) Nanostructures

scientific article published in 2015

High-affinity multivalent DNA binding by using low-molecular-weight dendrons

scientific article published in April 2005

High-molecular-weight polymers for protein crystallization: poly-gamma-glutamic acid-based precipitants

scientific article published on 13 August 2008

High-performance liquid chromatography applications of optical rotation detection with compensation for scattering and absorbance at the laser wavelength

scientific article published in December 2001

High-tech applications of self-assembling supramolecular nanostructured gel-phase materials: from regenerative medicine to electronic devices

scientific article published on January 2008

Hybrid polymer and low molecular weight gels – dynamic two-component soft materials with both responsive and robust nanoscale networks

Hydrophobically Modified Dendrons: Developing Structure−Activity Relationships for DNA Binding and Gene Transfection

article

In situ aldehyde-modification of self-assembled acyl hydrazide hydrogels and dynamic component selection from complex aldehyde mixtures

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Ion exchange in alginate gels – dynamic behaviour revealed by electron paramagnetic resonance

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Less is more – multiscale modelling of self-assembling multivalency and its impact on DNA binding and gene delivery

article

Lost in translation? Chirality effects in the self-assembly of nanostructured gel-phase materials

scientific article published on 06 January 2009

Low-molecular-weight gelators: elucidating the principles of gelation based on gelator solubility and a cooperative self-assembly model

scientific article published on 18 June 2008

Mallard Blue binding to heparin, its SDS micelle-driven de-complexation, and interaction with human serum albumin: A combined experimental/modeling investigation

Mallard blue: a high-affinity selective heparin sensor that operates in highly competitive media

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Metastable two-component gel-exploring the gel-crystal interface

scientific article published on 12 March 2008

Metathesis within Self-Assembled Gels: Transcribing Nanostructured Soft Materials into a More Robust Form†

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Microscale vapour diffusion for protein crystallization

scientific article published on 17 August 2007

Modeling the multivalent recognition between dendritic molecules and DNA: understanding how ligand "sacrifice" and screening can enhance binding.

scientific article published in July 2009

Modular construction and hierarchical gelation of organooxotin nanoclusters derived from simple building blocks

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Morphological control of self-assembled multivalent (SAMul) heparin binding in highly competitive media

scientific article published on 30 May 2017

Multi-component hybrid hydrogels - understanding the extent of orthogonal assembly and its impact on controlled release

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Multi-component supramolecular gels for the controlled crystallization of drugs: synergistic and antagonistic effects

article published in 2015

Multicomponent polysaccharide alginate-based bioinks

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Multidomain hybrid hydrogels: spatially resolved photopatterned synthetic nanomaterials combining polymer and low-molecular-weight gelators

scientific article published on 21 August 2014

Multivalent dendrons for high-affinity adhesion of proteins to DNA.

scientific article published in May 2006

NMR and ESR investigations of the interaction between a carboxylic acid and an amine at the focal point of L-lysine based dendritic branches.

scientific article published on 23 February 2004

Nanocomposite hydrogels—Controlled synthesis of chiral polyaniline nanofibers and their inclusion in agarose

Nanoscale self-assembled multivalent (SAMul) heparin binders in highly competitive, biologically relevant, aqueous media

Nanostructured polymers with embedded self-assembled reactive gel networks

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Neutral Ferrocenoyl Receptors for the Selective Recognition and Sensing of Anionic Guests

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

One-component gels based on peptidic dendrimers: dendritic effects on materials properties.

scientific article

Optically triggered release of DNA from multivalent dendrons by degrading and charge-switching multivalency

scientific article published in January 2007

Optimizing biomimetic gelators constructed from amino acid building blocks

scientific article published on 18 April 2007

Ortho-Substituted Catechol Derivatives: The Effect of Intramolecular Hydrogen-Bonding Pathways on Chloride Anion Recognition

Palladium-scavenging self-assembled hybrid hydrogels - reusable highly-active green catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions

scientific article

Photo-patterned multi-domain multi-component hybrid hydrogels

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Photopatterned Multidomain Gels: Multi-Component Self-Assembled Hydrogels Based on Partially Self-Sorting 1,3:2,4-Dibenzylidene-d-sorbitol Derivatives

scientific article published in 2015

Polyglycerol-based amphiphilic dendrons as potential siRNA carriers for in vivo applications

scientific article published on 07 March 2014

Prebiotic synthesis of 2-deoxy-d-ribose from interstellar building blocks promoted by amino esters or amino nitriles

scientific article

Precisely defined protein-polymer conjugates: construction of synthetic DNA binding domains on proteins by using multivalent dendrons

scientific article published on September 2007

Probing dendron structure and nanoscale self-assembly using computer-aided analysis of EPR spectra

Pyrene-based heparin sensors in competitive aqueous media – the role of self-assembled multivalency (SAMul)

Quantifying the Effect of Surface Ligands on Dendron-DNA Interactions: Insights into Multivalency through a Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach

scientific article published on 16 March 2010

Quantitative and structural investigations of hydrogen bonding interactions in anion binding of mono- and 1,1′-bis-substituted aryl cobaltocenium receptors

Rapid NMR screening of chloride receptors: uncovering catechol as a useful anion binding motif.

scientific article

Rapid Screening of Binding Constants by Calibrated Competitive 1H NMR Spectroscopy

Redox active receptors for cationic and anionic guests

doctoral thesis

Robust gels created using a self-assembly and covalent capture strategy

scientific article published on 18 October 2005

Selective Extraction and In Situ Reduction of Precious Metal Salts from Model Waste To Generate Hybrid Gels with Embedded Electrocatalytic Nanoparticles

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Selective electrochemical recognition of bidentate anionic guests in competitive solvents using novel ferrocenyl thiourea and guanidinium receptors

Selective electrochemical recognition of sulfate over phosphate and phosphate over sulfate using polyaza ferrocene macrocyclic receptors in aqueous solution

Self-Assembled Gels Formed in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Supramolecular Eutectogels with High Ionic Conductivity

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Self-Assembled Multivalent (SAMul) Polyanion Binding-Impact of Hydrophobic Modifications in the Micellar Core on DNA and Heparin Binding at the Peripheral Cationic Ligands

scientific article

Self-Assembled Nanomicelles as Curcumin Drug Delivery Vehicles: Impact on Solitary Fibrous Tumor Cell Protein Expression and Viability

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

Self-Assembling Ligands for Multivalent Nanoscale Heparin Binding

scholarly article by Ana C. Rodrigo et al published 19 April 2011 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Self-Assembling Supramolecular Hybrid Hydrogel Beads

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Self-Organisation in the Assembly of Gels from Mixtures of Different Dendritic Peptide Building Blocks

scientific article published on 5 March 2007

Self-assembled multivalent (SAMul) ligand systems with enhanced stability in the presence of human serum

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Self-assembled multivalent RGD-peptide arrays--morphological control and integrin binding

scientific article published on 5 April 2013

Self-assembled sorbitol-derived supramolecular hydrogels for the controlled encapsulation and release of active pharmaceutical ingredients

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

Self-assembly of two-component gels: stoichiometric control and component selection

scientific article published in January 2009

Self-assembly using dendritic building blocks—towards controllable nanomaterials

article by David K. Smith et al published March 2005 in Progress in Polymer Science

Self-organisation effects in dynamic nanoscale gels self-assembled from simple mixtures of commercially available molecular-scale components

article

Self‐Assembled Multivalency: Dynamic Ligand Arrays for High‐Affinity Binding ⬇️

scientific article published on June 11, 2012

Sequential Assembly of Mutually Interactive Supramolecular Hydrogels and Fabrication of Multi-Domain Materials

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Shape-Persistent and Adaptive Multivalency: Rigid Transgeden (TGD) and Flexible PAMAM Dendrimers for Heparin Binding

scientific article published on 26 June 2014

Shaping and structuring supramolecular gels

scholarly article

Solvent effects on supramolecular gel-phase materials: two-component dendritic gel.

scientific article published in December 2004

Solvent–gelator interactions—using empirical solvent parameters to better understand the self-assembly of gel-phase materials

article

Sorption of metal ions by poly(ethylene glycol)/β-CD hydrogels leads to gel-embedded metal nanoparticles

scientific article published on 8 July 2013

Spatially-resolved soft materials for controlled release - hybrid hydrogels combining a robust photo-activated polymer gel with an interactive supramolecular gel.

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Speed versus stability – structure–activity effects on the assembly of two-component gels

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 5 no. 34, 2015

Structure-activity effects in peptide self-assembly and gelation - Dendritic versus linear architectures

scientific article published on 3 July 2012

Supramolecular materials

scientific article

Supramolecular solubilisation of hydrophilic dyes by using individual dendritic branches

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Synergistic effects in gene delivery-a structure-activity approach to the optimisation of hybrid dendritic-lipidic transfection agents.

scientific article published on 3 September 2008

Synergistic effects on gene delivery – co-formulation of small disulfide-linked dendritic polycations with Lipofectamine 2000™

article

Syntheses of dendritic branches based on L-lysine: is the stereochemistry preserved throughout the synthesis?

scientific article published in July 2003

Synthesis of gold nanoparticles within a supramolecular gel-phase network.

scientific article published on 22 February 2005

Synthetically accessible, high-affinity phosphate anion receptors

scientific article published on 26 June 2007

Synthetically accessible, tunable, low-molecular-weight oligopeptide organogelators

scientific article published on 25 August 2010

The reaction coordinate of a bacterial GH47 α-mannosidase: a combined quantum mechanical and structural approach

scientific article

Transition metal cation and phosphate anion electrochemical recognition in water by new polyaza ferrocene macrocyclic ligands

Triggering a transient organo-gelation system in a chemically active solvent

scientific article

Tuning gelled lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) - probing the influence of different low molecular weight gelators on the phase diagram of the system H2O/NaCl-Genapol LA070

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Two-component dendritic gel: effect of spacer chain length on the supramolecular chiral assembly.

scientific article

Two-component dendritic gel: effect of stereochemistry on the supramolecular chiral assembly.

scientific article published in November 2004

Two-component dendritic gels: easily tunable materials.

scientific article published in July 2003

Two-component gel-phase materials--highly tunable self-assembling systems

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Two-component supramolecular hydrogel for controlled drug release

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Unique nanoscale morphologies underpinning organic gel-phase materials

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Using EPR spectroscopy as a unique probe of molecular-scale reorganization and solvation in self-assembled gel-phase materials

scientific article published on 22 July 2014

Versatile supramolecular pH-tolerant hydrogels which demonstrate pH-dependent selective adsorption of dyes from aqueous solution ⬇️

scientific article published on October 17, 2013

iTube, YouTube, WeTube: Social Media Videos in Chemistry Education and Outreach

scientific article (publication date: 14 October 2014)

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