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 constitutes a vibrant
and timely research area of supramolecular chemistry. Pioneering examples on the topic …

Ionic liquids are remarkable chemical compounds, which find applications in many areas of
modern science. Because of their highly tunable nature and exceptional properties, ionic …

How are water's material properties encoded within the structure of the water molecule? This
is pertinent to understanding Earth's living systems, its materials, its geochemistry and …

Szent-Győrgi called water the “matrix of life” and claimed that there was no life without it.
This statement is true, as far as we know, on our planet, but it is not clear whether it must …

On the basis of many literature measurements, a critical overview is given on essential
noncovalent interactions in synthetic supramolecular complexes, accompanied by analyses …

Following up on scattered reports on interactions of conventional chaotropic ions (for
example, I−, SCN−, ClO4−) with macrocyclic host molecules, biomolecules, and …

Abstract Structure‐based ligand design in medicinal chemistry and crop protection relies on
the identification and quantification of weak noncovalent interactions and understanding the …

Conspectus We describe here a family of coordination cages with interesting structural,
guest-binding, and catalytic properties. Flexible bridging ligands containing two bidentate …

A halogen bond is an attractive non-covalent interaction between an electrophilic region in a
covalently bonded halogen atom and a Lewis base. While these interactions have long …