Molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors for optical detection of biorelevant molecules and ions in aqueous media and biofluids

J Krämer, R Kang, LM Grimm, L De Cola… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with
innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and …

Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors

L Escobar, P Ballester - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors constitutes a vibrant
and timely research area of supramolecular chemistry. Pioneering examples on the topic …

Cucurbituril-based molecular recognition

SJ Barrow, S Kasera, MJ Rowland, J Del Barrio… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The product of the condensation reaction between glycoluril and formaldehyde was first
reported in a thesis by Eberhard Meyer in 1904 (1) and then published by Behrend and co …

Experimental binding energies in supramolecular complexes

F Biedermann, HJ Schneider - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
On the basis of many literature measurements, a critical overview is given on essential
noncovalent interactions in synthetic supramolecular complexes, accompanied by analyses …

Predicting binding free energies: frontiers and benchmarks

DL Mobley, MK Gilson - Annual review of biophysics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Binding free energy calculations based on molecular simulations provide predicted affinities
for biomolecular complexes. These calculations begin with a detailed description of a …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of cucurbiturils in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology

D Das, KI Assaf, WM Nau - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The supramolecular chemistry of cucurbit [n] urils (CB n) has been rapidly developing to
encompass diverse medicinal applications, including drug formulation and delivery …

Cucurbituril‐based biomacromolecular assemblies

YH Liu, YM Zhang, HJ Yu, Y Liu - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of controlled biomacromolecular assemblies has become a thriving area of
supramolecular chemistry. In this context, cucurbiturils (CBs), a class of macrocyclic …

Cucurbit [7] uril macrocyclic sensors for optical fingerprinting: predicting protein structural changes to identifying disease-specific amyloid assemblies

N Das Saha, S Pradhan, R Sasmal… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In a three-dimensional (3D) representation, each protein molecule displays a specific
pattern of chemical and topological features, which are altered during its misfolding and …

Computational calorimetry: high-precision calculation of host–guest binding thermodynamics

NM Henriksen, AT Fenley… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We present a strategy for carrying out high-precision calculations of binding free energy and
binding enthalpy values from molecular dynamics simulations with explicit solvent. The …

The Role of Packing, Dispersion, Electrostatics, and Solvation in High‐Affinity Complexes of Cucurbit[n]urils with Uncharged Polar Guests

LM Grimm, S Spicher, B Tkachenko… - … A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rationalization of non‐covalent binding trends is both of fundamental interest and
provides new design concepts for biomimetic molecular systems. Cucurbit [n] urils (CBn) are …