With the thriving of mussel-inspired polyphenol chemistry as well as the demand for low-cost
analogues to polydopamine in adhesive design, tannic acid has gradually become a …

Understanding the noncovalent interactions (NCIs) among the residues of proteins and
nucleic acids, and between drugs and proteins/nucleic acids, etc., has extraordinary …

This study reports a family of photothermal materials, metal ion/tannic acid assemblies
(MITAs). MITAs from FeIII, VIII, and RuIII afford excellent photothermal efficiency (η≈ 40%) …

The burgeoning noncovalent interactions between π-acidic aromatic surfaces and anions
have been recently shown to have unique functional relevance in anion transport, ion …

The σ-hole and π-hole are the regions with positive surface electrostatic potential on the
molecule entity; the former specifically refers to the positive region of a molecular entity …

Halogen bonding is an emerging noncovalent interaction for constructing supramolecular
assemblies. Though similar to the more familiar hydrogen bonding, four primary differences …

In this review, we survey the diversity of structures and functions which are encountered in
advanced self-assembled nanomaterials. We highlight their flourishing implementations in …

The halogen bond is a supramolecular interaction between a Lewis‐acidic region of a
covalently bound halogen and a Lewis base. It has been studied widely in silico and …

We report here on the status of research on halogen bonds and other σ-hole interactions
involving p-block elements in Lewis acidic roles, such as chalcogen bonds, pnictogen bonds …

Various artificial transmembrane transporters, designed to function through mobile carrier or
channel mechanisms, have been developed in the past decade. With the aid of structural …