The past several decades have witnessed great progress in the understanding of the high-
order structure of biomacromolecules. Currently, it is well-recognized that folding of proteins …

In the 25 years since its Nobel Prize in chemistry, supramolecular chemistry based on
molecular recognition has been paid much attention in scientific and technological fields …

Foldamers are artificial folded molecular architectures inspired by the structures and
functions of biopolymers. This highlight focuses on important developments concerning …

The cation− π interaction is an attractive noncovalent interaction between a cation and a π
system. Due to the stronger interaction energy than those of the other π interactions, such as …

Having control over an entity or even an entire process is arguably the ultimate
demonstration of its understanding and it will enable its potential to be fully exploited. With …

Nature s ability to perform catalytic reactions in a fast and specific way has been a source of
inspiration for chemists who seek to enhance catalytic efficiency. In addition to …

The rational design of artificial enzymes, either by applying physico–chemical intuition of
protein structure and function or with the aid of computational methods, is a promising area …

In recent years, significant effort has gone into making synthetic oligomers that can attain
well-defined conformations analogous to the folding of biomolecules. The diversity of the …

The effect of sequence on copolymer properties is rarely studied despite the precedent from
Nature that monomer order can create materials of significant diversity. Poly (lactic-co …

Current strategies for creating enzyme-like catalysts range from rational [1] and
computational design [2] to evolutionary searches of large molecular libraries.[3] Sequence …