Click chemistry is an immensely powerful technique for the fast and efficient covalent
conjugation of molecular entities. Its broad scope has positively impacted on multiple …

Since as early as 1867, molecular sensors have been recognized as being intelligent
“devices” capable of addressing a variety of issues related to our environment and health …

All biological pumps are autonomous catalysts; they maintain the out-of-equilibrium
conditions of the cell by harnessing the energy released from their catalytic decomposition of …

Mechanically interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes and catenanes, are receiving
increased attention as scaffolds for the development of new catalysts, driven by both their …

A cycloparaphenylene can be thought of as the shortest possible cross section of an
armchair carbon nanotube. Although envisioned decades ago, these molecules—also …

Sigma (σ)-holes are electron-deficient regions that arise from the anisotropic distribution of
electron density on the atom of group 14 (tetrels), 15 (pnictogens), 16 (chalcogens), and 17 …

Mechanically interlocked carbon nanostructures represent a relatively unexplored frontier in
carbon nanoscience due to the difficulty in preparing these unusual topological materials …

Although chiral mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been synthesised and
studied, enantiopure examples are relatively under-represented in the pantheon of reported …

The halogen bond is a powerful non-covalent interaction between the electron deficient
sigma-hole region of a group 17 halogen element covalently bonded to electron …

Mechanically interlocked molecules are perhaps best known as components of molecular
machines, a view further reinforced by the Nobel Prize in 2016 to Stoddart and Sauvage …