Transformation networks of metal–organic cages controlled by chemical stimuli

E Benchimol, BNT Nguyen, TK Ronson… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The flexibility of biomolecules enables them to adapt and transform as a result of signals
received from the external environment, expressing different functions in different contexts …

Self-Assembly and photothermal conversion of metallarussian doll and metalla [2] catenanes induced via multiple stacking interactions

T Chen, Y Zhao, LL Dang, TT Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A variety of organometallic supramolecular architectures have been constructed over the
past decades and their properties were also explored via different strategies. However, the …

Light-Powered Reversible Guest Release and Uptake from Zn4L4 Capsules

A Ghosh, L Slappendel, BNT Nguyen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A strategy for light-powered guest release from a tetrahedral capsule has been developed
by incorporating azobenzene units at its vertices. A new Zn4L4 tetrahedral capsule bearing …

Selective Synthesis and Structural Transformation of a 4‐Ravel Containing Four Crossings and Featuring Cp* Rh/Ir Fragments

LL Dang, TT Zhang, T Chen, Y Zhao, X Gao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intricately interwoven topologies are continually being synthesized and are ultimately
equally versatile and significant at the nanoscale level; however, reports concerning ravel …

Guest-Induced Reversible Transformation between an Azulene-Based Pd2L4 Lantern-Shaped Cage and a Pd4L8 Tetrahedron

A Walther, I Regeni, JJ Holstein… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Azulene, a blue structural isomer of naphthalene, is introduced as the backbone for a new
family of Pd (II)-based self-assemblies. Three organic ligands, equipped with varying donor …

Controlled self-assembly, isomerism, and guest uptake/release of charge-reversible lanthanide–organic octahedral cages

LP Zhou, XS Feng, SJ Hu, QF Sun - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Charge plays a crucial role in the function of molecular and supramolecular systems, but
coordination hosts capable of orthogonal charge regulation remain elusive so far. In this …

Heteromeric completive self-sorting in coordination cage systems

E Benchimol, I Regeni, B Zhang, M Kabiri… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Heteroleptic coordination cages, nonstatistically assembled from a set of matching ligands,
can be obtained by mixing individual components or via cage-to-cage transformations from …

Anionic Templates Drive Conversion between a ZnII9L6 Tricapped Trigonal Prism and ZnII6L4 Pseudo-Octahedra

HK Liu, TK Ronson, K Wu, D Luo… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This work introduces the use of 8-aminoquinoline subcomponents to generate complex
three-dimensional structures. Together with a tris (formylpyridine), 8-aminoquinoline …

Polycatenanes Formed of Self‐Assembled Metal‐Organic Cages

J Martí‐Rujas, A Famulari - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly‐[n]‐catenanes (PCs) self‐assembled of three‐dimensional (3D) metal organic
cages (MOCs)(hereafter referred to as PCs‐MOCs) are a relatively new class of …

Fluoride up-and down-regulates guest encapsulation for ZnII6L4 and ZnII4L4 cages

Y Yang, TK Ronson, J Zheng, N Mihara, JR Nitschke - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
The development of artificial molecular systems capable of allosteric regulation has the
potential to unlock new functions related to the purification, sensing, and transformation of …