From classical to advanced use of polymers in food and beverage applications

S Vallejos, M Trigo-López, A Arnaiz, Á Miguel, A Muñoz… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymers are extensively used in food and beverage packaging to shield against
contaminants and external damage due to their barrier properties, protecting the goods …

Molecular Shape and Polar Order in Columnar Liquid Crystals

TM Swager - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Bottom-up materials design by the conceiving of new molecular building blocks
is powerful and chemists are uniquely qualified to innovate. Liquid crystals (LCs) and related …

A highly selective chromogenic and fluorogenic chemodosimeter for dual detection of Cu 2+ based on a redox-active calix [4] arene with isoxazolylchloroanthracene

KC Chang, CY Chen, CY Hsu, LW Lee, WS Chung - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Calix [4] arene 1, with two lower-rim isoxazolylchloroanthracene groups, is shown to be not
only a chromogenic but also a fluorogenic chemodosimeter for the selective sensing of …

Thermodynamically and Kinetically Enhanced Benzene Vapor Sensor Based on the Cu–TCPP–Cu MOF with Extremely Low Limit of Detection

Z Ma, Y Zhang, Z Xue, Y Fan, L Wang, H Wang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
As a carcinogenic and highly neurotoxic hazardous gas, benzene vapor is particularly
difficult to be distinguished in BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) atmosphere …

Porous Polymers Containing Metallocalix [4] arene for the Extraction of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines

RQ Lu, W Yuan, H Feng, SXL Luo, YCM Wu… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We designed porous polymers with a tungsten-calix [4] arene imido complex as the
nitrosamine receptor for the efficient extraction of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) …

Development of a novel upconversion fluorescence nanosensor based on metalloporphyrin element for sensitive detection of N-nitrosodimethylamine

Q Ouyang, M Zhang, B Wang, W Ahmad… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
N-Nitrosamines are widely found in air, water, and food, especially in pickled meat, causing
extreme hazards to public health because of their carcinogenicity. Therefore, a novel …

Preparation and Characterization of Insecticide/Calix[4]arene Complexes and Their Enhanced Insecticidal Activities against Plutella xylostella

T Jia, N Pan, X Song, Y Gao, Z Zhang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Applications of supramolecular materials in plant protection have attracted significant
interest in recent years. To develop a feasible method to improve the efficacy and reduce the …

Tailoring Super‐Performed Chemo‐Sensor via Simulation‐Modeling and MEMS‐Screening

W Xu, W Zhang, Z Shen, W Xu, J Zhao, H Li… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Chemo‐sensor designing involves a time‐consuming trial‐and‐error screening process,
which commonly cannot lead to optimal S4R features (Sensitivity, Selectivity, Speed …

Synthetic Receptors for Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer

F Davis, SPJ Higson - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over recent decades, synthetic macrocyclic compounds have attracted interest from the
scientific community due to their ability to selectively and reversibly form complexes with a …

Flower-like calix [6] arene-based covalent organic framework for membrane extraction of sulfonamides in animal-derived food through host-guest interaction prior to …

J Lin, Z Xie, Y Hu, G Li, Q Zhong - Journal of Chromatography A, 2024 - Elsevier
Supramolecular macrocycle-based covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising
adsorbents for adsorption of hazards due to their host-guest recognition property. However …