Porous organic cages (POCs) are a relatively new class of low-density crystalline materials
that have emerged as a versatile platform for investigating molecular recognition, gas …

The Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technique, through which monolayers are transferred from the
air/water interface onto a solid substrate, was the first method to allow for the controlled …

Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with
innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and …

Dynamic patterning of soft materials in a fully reversible and programmable manner with
light enables applications in anti-counterfeiting, displays and labelling technology. However …

Life is a non‐equilibrium state of matter maintained at the expense of energy. Nature uses
predominantly chemical energy stored in thermodynamically activated, but kinetically stable …

All chemists are familiar with the idea that, at equilibrium steady state, the relative
concentrations of species present in a system are predicted by the corresponding …

Cucurbit [n] uril supramolecular chemistry has developed rapidly since 2001 when different
cucurbit [n] uril homologues (Q [n]) were successfully separated in pure form. The …

Mechanically interlocked polymers (MIPs), such as polyrotaxanes and polycatenanes, are
polymer architectures that incorporate a mechanical bond. In a polyrotaxane, the …

A promising solution to address the challenges in plastics sustainability is to replace current
polymers with chemically recyclable ones that can depolymerize into their constituent …

Macroscopic electric motors continue to have a large impact on almost every aspect of
modern society. Consequently, the effort towards developing molecular motors,–that can be …