Abstract
Recently macroscopic supramolecular assembly has been developed as a new research branch of supramolecular chemistry. It is defined as the process to assemble the building blocks with a feature size of micrometer or beyond micrometer through intermolecular interactions, leading to ordered structures. This research has been an important part for the realization of the “Self-assembly at All Scales” concept and provided new ideas and solutions to the fabrication of supramolecular bulk materials. This review will cover the general development, designing principle and strategies and application possibilities of macroscopic supramolecular assembly. We have clarified both the difference and correlation between macroscopic assembly based on long-range forces and macroscopic supramolecular assembly through intermolecular interactions, and interpreted the principle and mechanism to realize macroscopic supramolecular assembly. Finally, for the goal of promoting wide applications of supramolecular materials, we summarized methods to improve the ordering degree of the assembled structures with the concept of “precise assembly” and the promising possible uses in the fields of tissue engineering scaffold etc.
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