Fascination with supramolecular chemistry over the past few decades has led to the
synthesis of an ever-increasing number of elegant and intricate functional structures with …

Modern civilization is dependent upon fossil fuels, a nonrenewable energy source originally
provided by the storage of solar energy. Fossil-fuel dependence has severe consequences …

Given that energy (exciton) migration in natural photosynthesis primarily occurs in highly
ordered porphyrin-like pigments (chlorophylls), equally highly ordered porphyrin-based …

A pillared-paddlewheel type metal–organic framework material featuring bodipy-and
porphyrin-based struts, and capable of harvesting light across the entire visible spectrum …

Photosynthesis is one of the most important processes that supplies the energy required for
the survival of all living things. The initial process is the absorption of sunlight by a …

Since the first synthesis of cryptands and cavitands, molecular cages defined as hollow
structures enclosing a three-dimensional cavity have experienced a large development in …

Artificial photosynthesis is a major scientific endeavor aimed at converting solar power into a
chemical fuel as a viable approach to sustainable energy production and storage …

Templates are widely used to arrange molecular components so they can be covalently
linked into complex molecules that are not readily accessible by classical synthetic …

Almost two decades after the outstanding X-ray crystallographic studies of light-harvesting
antenna complex LH2 of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, a …

Molecular assemblies in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are reminiscent of natural light-
harvesting (LH) systems and considered as emerging materials for energy conversion. Such …