2026

B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, G.M. Beneventi, P.M. Greißel, L. Mai, S.J.D. Maessen, E.W. Meijer, D.M. Guldi, G. Vantomme Thermally activated delayed fluorescence in supramolecular phase-separated nanostructures Advanced Functional Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202528822 (2026). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202528822
2025

M. J. Dekker, Y. Zhao, G. Vantomme, E. W. Meijer Isomeric Effects on Supramolecular Polymerization of Hexaazatrinaphthylene DerivativesHelvetica Chimica Acta, DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202500139 (2025).

S.A.H. Jansen, A.J. Markvoort, F.V. de Graaf, M.G.T.A. Rutten, P.Y.W. Dankers, G. Vantomme, T.F.A. de Greef, E. W. Meijer Bayesian Optimization for Multicomponent Supramolecular Systems JACS, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c08539 (2025).

S.A.H. Jansen, G. Vantomme, E. W. Meijer Evolving Data-Driven Strategies for the Characterization of Supramolecular Polymers and Systems Angewandte Chemie, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202509122 (2025).

J. J. B. v. d. Tol, M. M. J. Dekker, Á. Müller, P. Springintveld, E. W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Macromolecule-Driven Supramolecular Polymerization Induced by Crowding Effects. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/ange.202512216 (2025).
J. Li, F. Yin, J. Wang, H. Du, F. Xu, S. Meskers, Y. Li, S. Wijker, Y. Peng, R. Bellan, G. Vantomme, J. Song, C.S. Liu, E. W. Meijer. Self-Regulating Hydrogel with Reversible Optical Activity in Its Gel-to-Gel Transformation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c03844 (2025).
F.V. de Graaf, C. Zoister, B. Schade, T. Hilal, X. Lou, S. Wijker, S.M.C. Schoenmakers, G. Vantomme, R. Haag, A.K. Singh, E.W. Meijer. Amplification of Asymmetry via Structural Transitions in Supramolecular Polymer–Surfactant Coassemblies. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c04047 (2025).
R. Chowdhury, M.D. Preuss, H.H. Cho, J.J.P. Thompson, S. Sen, T.K. Baikie, P. Ghosh, Y. Boeije, X.W. Chua, K.W. Chang, E. Guo, J.J.B. van der Tol, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, A. Taddeucci, N. Daub, D.M. Dekker, S.T. Keene, G. Vantomme, B. Ehrler, S.C.J. Meskers, A. Rao, B. Monserrat, E.W. Meijer, R.H. Friend. Circularly polarized electroluminescence from chiral supramolecular semiconductor thin films. Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.adt3011 (2025).
M.H.C. van Son, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, B.F.M. de Waal, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Targeting 2D Nanostructures in Phase-Separated Materials through Molecular Design. Macromolecules, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02691 (2025).
T. Schnitzer, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, B.A.G. Lamers, M.H.C. van Son, S.J.D. Maessen, F.V. de Graaf, B.F.M. de Waal, N. Trapp, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Crystal Lattice Analysis for 2D Nanomorphology Prediction of Phase-Separated Materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14964 (2025).
2024
S. Cadeddu, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, B.F.M. de Waal, M. Cordier, N. Vanthuyne, S.C.J. Meskers, G. Vantomme, J. Crassous. Engineering circularly polarized light emission in nanostructured oligodimethylsiloxane-helicene chiral materials. Nanoscale, DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03389B (2024).
J.J.B. van der Tol, S. Hafeez, A.P.G. Bänziger, H. Su, J.P.A. Heuts, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Supramolecular Polymer Additives as Repairable Reinforcements for Dynamic Covalent Networks. Adv. Mater., DOI: 10.1002/adma.202410723 (2024).
L. López-Gandul, G. Lavarda, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer, L. Sánchez. Supramolecular polymerization and bulk properties relationship in ester-functionalized N-annulated perylenediimides. Chem. Sci., DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03797A (2024).
F. Xu, H. Su, J.J.B. van der Tol, S.A.H. Jansen, Y. Fu, G. Lavarda, G. Vantomme, S.C.J. Meskers, E.W. Meijer. Supramolecular Polymerization as a Tool to Reveal the Magnetic Transition Dipole Moment of Heptazines. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02174 (2024).

M.D. Preuss, T. Schnitzer, S.A.H. Jansen, S.C.J. Meskers, T.H.R. Kuster, X. Lou, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Functionalization of Supramolecular Polymers by Dynamic Covalent Boroxine Chemistry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402644 (2024).

B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, E.H.W. Cattenstart, K.E. Elangovan, C. Yen-Chi, B.F.M. de Waal, J.J.B. van der Tol, Y. Diao, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Trade-off between processability and device performance in donor–acceptor semiconductors revealed using discrete siloxane side chains. J. Mater. Chem. C, DOI: 10.1039/D4TC00875H (2024).
K. Joseph, B.F.M. de Waal, S.A.H. Jansen, J.J.B. van der Tol, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Consequences of Vibrational Strong Coupling on Supramolecular Polymerization of Porphyrins. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02267 (2024).
F.V. de Graaf, S.A.H. Jansen, S.M.C. Schoenmakers, B. van Genabeek, M.E.J. Vleugels, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Supramolecular Polymerization of Hydrogen-Bonded Trimers in Bulk and Aqueous Medium. CCS Chem., DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.024.202403933 (2024).
E. Weyandt, F.S. Ruggeri, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Self-assembly of supramolecular monomers into 2D twinned crystals on mica surface. J. Polym. Sci., DOI: 10.1002/pol.20240030 (2024).
H. Fu, J. Huang, J.J.B. van der Tol, L. Su, Y. Wang, S. Dey, P. Zijlstra, G. Fytas, G. Vantomme, P.Y.W. Dankers, E.W. Meijer. Supramolecular polymers form tactoids through liquid–liquid phase separation. Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07034-7 (2024).
B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, A.P.A. van de Ven, B.F.M. de Waal, S.C.J. Meskers, F. Eisenreich, G. Vantomme. Stimuli-responsive Nanostructured Viologen-Siloxane Materials for Controllable Conductivity. Adv. Mater., DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312791 (2024).
2023

C.H.W.A. Corbet, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, B.F.M. de Waal, R. Reynaerts, K.S. Mali, S. de Feyter, A.M. Jonas, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Self-assembly of Discrete Oligomers of Naphthalenediimides in Bulk and on Surfaces. Chem. Eur. J., DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303107 (2023).
J.J.B. van der Tol, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Solvent-Induced Pathway Complexity of Supramolecular Polymerization Unveiled Using the Hansen Solubility Parameters. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05547 (2023).
G. Vantomme. Site selectivity steps in. Nat. Chem., DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01237-7 (2023).

S.A.H. Jansen, H. Su, T. Schnitzer, G. Vantomme. E.W. Meijer. Temperature Directs the Majority-Rules Principle in Supramolecular Copolymers Driven by Triazine–Benzene Interactions. Chem. Eur. J., DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301726 (2023).

F.V. de Graaf, S.A.H. Jansen, T. Schnitzer, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Controlling Helical Asymmetry in Supramolecular Copolymers by In Situ Chemical Modification.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03411 (2023).

J.J.B. van der Tol, T.A.P. Engels, R. Cardinaels, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer, F. Eisenreich. Photoswitchable Liquid-to-Solid Transition of Azobenzene-Decorated Polysiloxanes. Adv. Funct. Mater., DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202301246 (2023).

S.A.H. Jansen, E. Weyandt, T. Aoki, T. Akiyama, Y. Itoh, G. Vantomme, T. Aida, E.W. Meijer. Simulating assembly landscapes for comprehensive understanding of supramolecular polymer–solvent systems. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12941 (2023).
2022

C. Kulkarni, H. Sakaino, G. Vantomme, S.C.J. Meskers. Circular depolarization spectroscopy: A new tool to study photo-imprinting of chirality. Chirality, DOI: 10.1002/chir.23527 (2022).

H. Sakaino, S.C.J. Meskers, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Charge transport in liquid crystal network of terthiophene-siloxane block molecules. Chem. Commun., DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04911B (2022).

T. Schnitzer, M.D. Preuss, J. van Basten, S.M.C. Schoenmakers, A.J.H. Spiering, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. How Subtle Changes Can Make a Difference: Reproducibility in Complex Supramolecular Systems. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206738 (2022).

J.J.B. van der Tol, G. Vantomme, A.R.A. Palmans, E.W. Meijer. Controlling the Processability and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers Using the Interplay of Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions. Marcomolecules, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00976 (2022).
H. Sakaino, S.C.J. Meskers, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Competition between Circularly Polarized Light and Molecular Chirality in the Assembly of Main-chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers. Chem. Lett., DOI: 110.1246/cl.220128 (2022).

T. Schnitzer, S.A.H. Jansen, M.F.J. Mabesoone, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. In-Situ Synthesis of Supramolecular Polymers: Finding the Right Conditions when Combining Covalent and Non-Covalent Synthesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206729 (2022).

H. Sakaino, D.J. Broer, S.C.J. Meskers, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Photo-imprinting of the helical organization in liquid crystal networks using achiral monomers and circularly polarized light. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200839 (2022).

E. Weyandt, L. Leanza, R. Capelli, G.M. Pavan, G. Vantomme, E. W. Meijer. Controlling the length of porphyrin supramolecular polymers via coupled equilibria and dilution-induced supramolecular polymerization. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27831-2 (2022).
2021
H. Su, S.A.H. Jansen, T. Schnitzer, E. Weyandt, A.T. Rösch, J. Liu, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Unraveling the Complexity of Supramolecular Copolymerization Dictated by Triazine–Benzene Interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07690 (2021).

K.M. Vonk, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Depolymerization of supramolecular polymers by a covalent reaction; transforming an intercalator into a sequestrator. Chem. Sci., DOI: 10.1039/D1SC04545H (2021).

G. Vantomme, J. Crassous. Pasteur and chirality: A story of how serendipity favors the prepared minds. Chirality, DOI: 10.1002/chir.23349 (2021).

B.A.G. Lamers, M.H.C. van Son, F.V. de Graaf, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, B.F.M. de Waal, K. Komatsu, H. Sato, T. Aida, J.A. Berrocal, A.R.A Palmans, G. Vantomme, S.C.J. Meskers, E.W. Meijer. Tuning the donor-acceptor interactions in phase-segregated block molecules. Mater. Horiz., DOI: 10.1039/D1MH01141C (2021).

M.D. Preuss, S.A.H. Jansen, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Chirality and Supramolecular Copolymerizations – The Elusive Role of Subtle Solvation Effects. Isr. J. Chem., DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100078 (2021).

E. Weyandt, I.A.W. Filot, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Consequences of Amide Connectivity in the Supramolecular Polymerization of Porphyrins: Spectroscopic Observations Rationalized by Theoretical Modelling. Chem. Eur. J., DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101036 (2021).

A.K. Mondal, M.D. Preuss, M.L. Ślęczkowski, T.K. Das, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer, R. Naaman. Spin Filtering in Supramolecular Polymers Assembled from Achiral Monomers Mediated by Chiral Solvents. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02983 (2021).

P. Chidchob, S.A.H. Jansen, S.C.J. Meskers, E. Weyandt, N.P. van Leest, B. de Bruin, A.R.A. Palmans, G. Vantomme, E.W. Meijer. Supramolecular Systems Containing B–N Frustrated Lewis Pairs of Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane and Triphenylamine Derivatives. Organic Materials, DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1727235 (2021).

H. Sakaino, B.A.G. Lamers, S.C.J. Meskers, E.W. Meijer, G. Vantomme. Photo‐controlled alignment and helical organization in main‐chain liquid crystalline alternating polymers. Journal of Polymer Science, DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210057 (2021).

G. Vantomme, L.C.M. Elands, A.H. Gelebart, E.W. Meijer, A.Y. Pogromsky, H. Nijmeijer and D.J. Broer. Coupled liquid crystalline oscillators in Huygens’ synchrony. Nature Materials, DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-00931-6 (2021).
2020

C. Kulkarni, R.H.N. Curvers, G. Vantomme, D.J. Broer, A.R.A. Palmans, S.C.J. Meskers, and E.W. Meijer. Consequences of Chirality in Directing the Pathway of Cholesteric Helix Inversion of π‐Conjugated Polymers by Light. Advanced materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005720 (2020).

B.A.G. Lamers, J.J.B. van der Tol, K.M. Vonk, B.F.M. de Waal, A.R.A. Palmans, E.W. Meijer, and G. Vantomme. Consequences of Molecular Architecture on the Supramolecular Assembly of Discrete Block Co-oligomers. Macromolecules, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02237 (2020).

M.H.C. van Son, A.M. Berghuis, F. Eisenreich, B. de Waal, G. Vantomme, J. Gómez Rivas, and E.W. Meijer. Highly Ordered 2D‐Assemblies of Phase‐Segregated Block Molecules for Upconverted Linearly Polarized Emission. Adv. Mater., DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004775 (2020).

T. Schnitzer and G. Vantomme. Synthesis of Complex Molecular Systems—The Foreseen Role of Organic Chemists. ACS Cent. Sci., DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00974 (2020).

G. M. ter Huurne, P. Chidchob, A. Long, A. Martinez , A.R.A. Palmans, and G. Vantomme. Controlling the Length of Cooperative Supramolecular Polymers with Chain Cappers. Chem. Eur. J., DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001293 (2020).

E. Weyandt, M.F.J. Mabesoone, L.N.J. de Windt, E. W. Meijer, A.R. A. Palmans, and G. Vantomme. How to Determine the Role of an Additive on the Length of Supramolecular Polymers. Organic Materials, 2, 129–142 (2020).

E. Weyandt, G.M. ter Huurne, G. Vantomme, A.J. Markvoort, A.R.A. Palmans, and E.W. Meijer. Photo-dynamic control of the chain length in supramolecular polymers; switching an intercalator into a chain-capper. J. Am. Chem. Soc. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c00858 (2020).
2019

G. Vantomme, G.M. ter Huurne, C. Kulkarni, H.M.M. ten Eikelder, A.J. Markvoort, A.R.A. Palmans, and E. W. Meijer. Tuning the Length of Cooperative Supramolecular Polymers under Thermodynamic Control. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09443 (2019).

B.A.G. Lamers, R. Graf, B.F.M. de Waal, G. Vantomme, A.R.A. Palmans, and E.W. Meijer. Polymorphism in the Assembly of Phase-Segregated Block Molecules: Pathway Control to 1D and 2D Nanostructures. J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08733 (2019).

G. Vantomme, and E. W. Meijer. The construction of supramolecular systems. Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.aav4677 (2019).

G.M. ter Huurne, G. Vantomme, B.W.L. van den Bersselaar, B.N.S. Thota, I.K. Voets, A.R.A. Palmans, E.W. Meijer. The effect of dendritic pendants on the folding of amphiphilic copolymers via supramolecular interactions. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 57 (3), 411-421 (2019).
2018

G. Vantomme, A.H. Gelebart D.J. Broer E.W. Meijer. Self‐sustained actuation from heat dissipation in liquid crystal polymer networks. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 56: 1331-1336 (2018).

R.H. Zha, G. Vantomme, J.A. Berrocal, R. Gosens, B. de Waal, S. Meskers, E.W. Meijer. Photoswitchable Nanomaterials Based on Hierarchically Organized Siloxane Oligomers. Adv. Funct. Mater. 28 (1), 1703952 (2018).
2017
G. Vantomme*, A.H. Gelebart*, D.J. Broer, E.W. Meijer. Preparation of Liquid Crystal Networks for Macroscopic Oscillatory Motion Induced by Light. J. Vis. Exp. (127), e56266 (2017).
G. Vantomme, A.H. Gelebart, D.J. Broer, E.W. Meijer. A four-blade light-driven plastic mill based on hydrazone liquid-crystal networks. Tetrahedron. 73 (33), 4963-4967 (2017).

A.H. Gelebart, D.J. Mulder, M. Varga, A. Konya, G. Vantomme, E. W. Meijer, R.L.B. Selinger & D.J. Broer, Making waves in a photoactive polymer film. Nature. 546, 632–636 (2017).

A. Das*, G. Vantomme*, A.J. Markvoort, H.M.M. ten Eikelder, M. Garcia-Iglesias, A.R.A. Palmans, and E.W. Meijer, Supramolecular Copolymers: Structure and Composition Revealed by Theoretical Modeling, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139 (20), 7036–7044 (2017).
* Equal contribution

A.H. Gelebart*, G. Vantomme*, E.W. Meijer, D.J. Broer, Mastering the Photothermal Effect in Liquid Crystal Networks: A General Approach for Self-Sustained Mechanical Oscillators, Advanced Materials. 29, 1606712 (2017).
* Equal contribution
2016 and earlier
A list of earlier publications can be found on Google Scholar.