The adoption of a supramolecular approach in catalysis promises to address a number of
unmet challenges, ranging from activity (unlocking of novel reaction pathways) to selectivity …

The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

The design of artificial catalysts able to compete with the catalytic proficiency of enzymes is
an intense subject of research. Non-covalent interactions are thought to be involved in …

Mechanically interlocked molecules are likely candidates for the design and synthesis of
artificial molecular machines. Although polyrotaxanes have already found niche applications …

The successful assembly of large supramolecular structures infers a delicate balance
between reversible noncovalent interactions which are capable of undergoing correction …

With the advent of supramolecular chemistry and later nanotechnology a great deal of
research has been focused on new types of molecular structures, which are not held …

Inspired by nature where intracellular dynamic interactions between DNA, RNA and proteins
processed within complex networks leading to programmed reaction patterns, extensive …

Rotaxanes are molecules composed of one or more macrocycles threaded onto one or more
axles that bear bulky stoppers to prevent the macrocycles from slipping off. 1 The first …

The past quarter of a century has witnessed an increasing engagement on the part of
physicists and chemists in the design and synthesis of molecular machines de novo. This …

Mechanical point-chirality in a [2] rotaxane is utilized for asymmetric catalysis. Stable
enantiomers of the rotaxane result from a bulky group in the middle of the thread preventing …