Function‐inspired design of molecular building blocks for their assembly into complex
systems has been an objective in engineering nanostructures and materials modulation at …

An efficient synthetic route to an A1/A2-difunctionalized pillar [5] arene containing resolvable
planar chirality has been developed and the arene employed as a strut in the synthesis of …

A rapid and efficient synthesis of the extended bipyridinium-based class of cyclophanes
that is, Ex n Box 4+(n= 0–3), where n is the number of p-phenylene rings inserted between …

A series of large, optically active Fe4L6 cages was prepared from linear 5, 5′-bis (2-
formylpyridines) incorporating varying numbers (n= 0–3) of oligo-p-xylene spacers, chiral …

Molecular gauge blocks, based on 1–7, 9–11 paraxylene rings, have been synthesized as
part of a homologous series of oligoparaxylenes (OPXs) with a view to providing a molecular …

Molecular dielectric materials require ostensibly conflicting requirements of high
polarizability and low conductivity. As previous efforts toward molecular insulators focused …

A modular synthesis of multi‐functionalized biphenyl, terphenyl and higher linear
oligophenylene dicarboxylic acids and pyridine‐terminated oligoarenes by stepwise …

Modular synthesis of structurally diverse functionalized azobiphenyls and azoterphenyls for
the realization of optically switchable materials has been described. The corresponding …

The natural world relies on molecular recognition and the processes of self-assembly in
order to organize individual components and develop them into more ordered systems and …