Purely covalent molecular cages and containers for guest encapsulation

G Montà-González, F Sancenón… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cage compounds offer unique binding pockets similar to enzyme-binding sites, which can
be customized in terms of size, shape, and functional groups to point toward the cavity and …

Challenges and opportunities of functionalized cucurbiturils for biomedical applications

H Yin, Q Cheng, D Bardelang, R Wang - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cucurbit [n] uril (CB [n]) macrocycles (especially CB [5] to CB [8]) have shown exceptional
attributes since their discovery in 2000. Their stability, water solubility, responsiveness to …

Biphen[n]arenes: Modular Synthesis, Customizable Cavity Sizes, and Diverse Skeletons

ZY Zhang, C Li - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Macrocyclic compounds are fundamental tools in supramolecular chemistry and
have been widely used in molecular recognition, biomedicine, and materials science. The …

A charge-neutral organic cage selectively binds strongly hydrated sulfate anions in water

L Jing, E Deplazes, JK Clegg, X Wu - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
In biological systems, enzymes and transport proteins can bind anions in aqueous media
solely by forming hydrogen bonds with charge-neutral motifs. Reproducing this functionality …

Progress in anion receptor chemistry

LK Macreadie, AM Gilchrist, DA McNaughton… - Chem, 2022 - cell.com
Progress in anion receptor chemistry: Chem Skip to Main Content Advertisement Chem This
journal offers authors two options (open access or subscription) to publish research This …

NCIPLOT4: fast, robust, and quantitative analysis of noncovalent interactions

RA Boto, F Peccati, R Laplaza, C Quan… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The NonCovalent Interaction index (NCI) enables identification of attractive and repulsive
noncovalent interactions from promolecular densities in a fast manner. However, the …

Recovery and regeneration of anode graphite from spent lithium-ion batteries through deep eutectic solvent treatment: Structural characteristics, electrochemical …

Y Lai, X Zhu, J Li, Q Gou, M Li, A Xia, Y Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recovery of graphite from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as new anode materials in the
LIBs after regeneration can not only promote the recycling of spent LIBs, but also help to …

Multi-stimuli control over assembly and guest binding in metallo-supramolecular hosts based on dithienylethene photoswitches

RJ Li, J Tessarolo, H Lee… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
It is difficult to assemble multi-component metallo-supramolecular architectures in a non-
statistical fashion, which limits their development toward functional materials. Herein, we …

Emergent behavior in nanoconfined molecular containers

W Liu, JF Stoddart - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
The expression of biological functions, such as enzyme catalysis, immune response, and
cargo transport in confined nanospaces, with very different physical and chemical …

Tripodal organic cages with unconventional CH··· O interactions for perchlorate remediation in water

J Samanta, M Tang, M Zhang, RP Hughes… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Perchlorate anions used in industry are harmful pollutants in groundwater. Therefore,
selectively binding perchlorate provides solutions for environmental remediation. Here, we …