Synthetic mimics of biotin/(strept) avidin

W Liu, SK Samanta, BD Smith, L Isaacs - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biotin/(strept) avidin self-assembly is a powerful platform for nanoscale fabrication and
capture with many different applications in science, medicine, and nanotechnology …

Molecular conjugation using non-covalent click chemistry

CL Schreiber, BD Smith - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Molecular conjugation refers to methods used in biomedicine, advanced materials and
nanotechnology to link two partners—from small molecules to large and sometimes …

Synthetic host-guest pairs as novel bioorthogonal tools for pre-targeting

YL Ma, S Yan, XJ Xu, H Cao, R Wang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to its simplicity, high efficiency, and chemo-selectivity, bioorthogonal chemistry has
shown a great application potential in pre-targeting. Currently, four bioorthogonal pairs as …

Structural transformation in metal–organic frameworks for reversible binding of oxygen

JY Zeng, XS Wang, YD Qi, Y Yu, X Zeng… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Polycyclic aromatic derivatives can trap 1O2 to form endoperoxides (EPOs) for O2 storage
and as sources of reactive oxygen species. However, these materials suffer from structural …

Charge-assisted hydrogen bonding in a bicyclic amide cage: an effective approach to anion recognition and catalysis in water

C Xu, QG Tran, D Liu, C Zhai, L Wojtas, W Liu - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen bonding is prevalent in biological systems, dictating a myriad of life-sustaining
functions in aqueous environments. Leveraging hydrogen bonding for molecular recognition …

Steric protection of near-infrared fluorescent dyes for enhanced bioimaging

SSR Kommidi, KM Atkinson, BD Smith - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Near-fluorescent (NIR) dyes that absorb and emit light in the wavelength range of 650–1700
nm are well-suited for bioimaging due to the improved image contrast and increased …

Guest back-folding: a molecular design strategy that produces a deep-red fluorescent host/guest pair with picomolar affinity in water

W Liu, A Johnson, BD Smith - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
One of the major goals of modern supramolecular chemistry, with important practical
relevance in many technical fields, is the development of synthetic host/guest partners with …

High-affinity single and double helical pseudofoldaxanes with cationic guests

Y Zhong, TA Sobiech, B Kauffmann, B Song, X Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Two aromatic oligoamides, the 8-residue H8 and 16-residue H16, that adopt stable, cavity-
containing helical conformations were examined for their complexation of a rodlike …

Supramolecular mitigation of the cyanine limit problem

DH Li, BD Smith - The Journal of organic chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Currently, there is a substantial research effort to develop near-infrared fluorescent
polymethine cyanine dyes for biological imaging and sensing. In water, cyanine dyes with …

Fluorescent neuraminidase assay based on supramolecular dye capture after enzymatic cleavage

W Liu, CFA Gómez-Durán… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A conceptually new type of enzymatic cleavage assay is reported that utilizes in situ
supramolecular capture of the fluorescent product. A squaraine-derived substrate with large …