The spontaneous self-organization of matters has always been one of the most fascinating
wonders in the world. Self-assembly refers to “the autonomous organization of components …

Within living systems, molecular-scale responses to stimuli flow together into the intricate
and robust signal transduction networks that process information for an organism. Studies of …

The possibility to change the molecular assembled structures of organic and organometallic
materials through mechanical stimulation is emerging as a general and powerful concept for …

The past decade has seen a diverse range of breakthrough inventions that are derived from
gold complexes, including the application of aurophilic interactions in the preparation of …

Abstract Aurophilic interactions (AuI⋅⋅⋅ AuI) are crucial in directing the supramolecular self‐
assembly of many gold (I) compounds; however, this intriguing chemistry has been rarely …

Electronic and steric ligand effects both play major roles in organometallic chemistry and
consequently in metal-mediated catalysis. Quantifying such parameters is of interest to …

Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) with molecule-like structures are emerging
nanomaterials with fascinating chemical and physical properties. Photoluminescence (PL) …

Difluoroboron avobenzone (BF2AVB), a simple boron complex of a commercial sunscreen
product, exhibits morphology-dependent emission and mechanochromic luminescence in …

There is now compelling experimental evidence for the existence of specific intra-and
intermolecular bonding between seemingly closed-shell gold (I) centers (5d10) which …

An in-depth study of mechanochromic and thermochromic luminescent copper iodide
clusters exhibiting structural polymorphism is reported and gives new insights into the origin …