https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09576
Molecular system comprising two or more self-assembled molecular, or molecular and ionic, entities held together by means of non-covalent intermolecular binding interactions.
Notes:
- While a supramolecular assembly may comprise only two molecular or molecular/ionic entities, for example a DNA double helix or a host-guest complex, the term is more commonly used to denote larger constructs, typically with rod-like, sheet-like, or spherical structures.
- The dimensions of supramolecular assemblies can range from nanometers to micrometers.
- The use of the term supramolecular polymer is discouraged.