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

Molecular recognition, binding and catalysis are often mediated by non-covalent interactions
involving aromatic functional groups. Although the relative complexity of these so-called π …

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 …

Non‐covalent interactions play a crucial role in (supramolecular) chemistry and much of
biology. Supramolecular forces can indeed determine the structure and function of a host …

The founding in 1965 of what is now called the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) has
reaped dividends in numerous and diverse areas of chemical research. Each of the million …

Supramolecular chemistry is a field of scientific exploration that probes the relationship
between molecular structure and function. It is the chemistry of the noncovalent bond, which …

Noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings, which include π-stacking interactions,
anion-π interactions, and XH− π interactions, among others, are ubiquitous in chemical and …

Well-orchestrated noncovalent interactions are fundamental in chemical processes. 1 For
example, the assembly of complementary subunits to form functional aggregates is a …

Anion–π interactions, intuitively repulsive forces, turned from controversial to a well-
established non-covalent interaction over the past quarter of a century. Within this time frame …

Anions are essential species in biological systems and, particularly, in enzyme–substrate
recognition. Therefore, the design and preparation of anion receptors is a topical field of …