Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with
innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and …

There is great need for stand-alone luminescence-based chemosensors that exemplify
selectivity, sensitivity, and applicability and that overcome the challenges that arise from …

Calix [n] arenes (n= 4, 5, 6, 8) are “chalicelike” phenol-based macrocycles that are among
the most fascinating and highly studied scaffolds in supramolecular chemistry. This stems …

Host–guest complexation between calix [5] arene and aggregation‐induced emission
luminogen (AIEgen) can significantly turn off both the energy dissipation pathways of …

Calixarenes (CAs), representing the third generation of supramolecular hosts and one of the
most widely studied macrocyclic scaffolds, offer (almost) unlimited structure and application …

Self-assembly, which makes use of molecules rather than atomic units, offers a bottom-up
approach to the construction of new materials on multiple length scales.(1-9) By precisely …

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 …

The fluorescence of organic molecules depends sensitively on their environment.
Fluorescent dyes have accordingly become popular molecular probes not only to determine …

Conspectus Developments in macrocyclic chemistry have led to supramolecular chemistry,
a field that has attracted increasing attention among researchers in various disciplines …

Developing chiral receptors with an endo-functionalized cavity for chiral recognition is of
great significance in the field of molecular recognition. This study presents two pairs of chiral …