A mechanical bond presents a combination of the best features of covalent and
supramolecular chemistries (stability and structural integrity), plus a unique dynamic nature …

Conjugated porphyrin arrays that possess delocalised electronic networks have, for the most
part, been assembled by using alkene or alkyne type bridging units or by directly connecting …

The active template approach to interlocked molecules takes advantage of the ability of
metal ions to both organize precursor fragments for mechanical bond formation and to …

We report an extensive study of the properties of carbyne using first-principles calculations.
We investigate carbyne's mechanical response to tension, bending, and torsion …

Linear, sp-hybridised, 1-dimensional (1D) all-carbon wires are conceptually the simplest π-
conjugated organic molecules. Their fundamental experimental and theoretical properties …

Besides graphite and diamond, the solid allotropes of carbon in sp2 and sp3 hybridization,
the possible existence of a third allotrope based on the sp-carbon linear chain, the carbyne …

First-principles calculations for carbyne under strain predict that the Peierls transition from
symmetric cumulene to broken-symmetry polyyne structure is enhanced as the material is …

Polyynes are chains of sp 1 carbon atoms with alternating single and triple bonds. As they
become longer, they evolve towards carbyne, the 1D allotrope of carbon, and they become …

Active metal template Glaser coupling has been used to synthesize a series of rotaxanes
consisting of a polyyne, with up to 24 contiguous sp-hybridized carbon atoms, threaded …

Linear carbon chains (LCCs) are a one-dimensional sp 1-hybridized allotrope of carbon.
LCCs are extremely unstable: The longer the LCCs, the less stable the materials. Thus, it is …