Porous organic cages

X Yang, Z Ullah, JF Stoddart, CT Yavuz - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Porous organic cages (POCs) are a relatively new class of low-density crystalline materials
that have emerged as a versatile platform for investigating molecular recognition, gas …

Photo-and redox-driven artificial molecular motors

M Baroncini, S Silvi, A Credi - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Directed motion at the nanoscale is a central attribute of life, and chemically driven motor
proteins are nature's choice to accomplish it. Motivated and inspired by such …

An electric molecular motor

L Zhang, Y Qiu, WG Liu, H Chen, D Shen, B Song… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Macroscopic electric motors continue to have a large impact on almost every aspect of
modern society. Consequently, the effort towards developing molecular motors,–that can be …

Molecular pumps and motors

Y Feng, M Ovalle, JSW Seale, CK Lee… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pumps and motors are essential components of the world as we know it. From the complex
proteins that sustain our cells, to the mechanical marvels that power industries, much we …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs)-molecular shuttles, switches, and machines

JF Stoddart - Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2017 - nobelprize.org
One of the most influential books ever to have been written in the field of chemistry is e
Nature of the Chemical Bond by Linus Pauling [1], the first edition of which was published in …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial molecular machines

S Erbas-Cakmak, DA Leigh, CT McTernan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

Electron-catalysed molecular recognition

Y Jiao, Y Qiu, L Zhang, WG Liu, H Mao, H Chen… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Molecular recognition,,–and supramolecular assembly,,–cover a broad spectrum,–of non-
covalently orchestrated phenomena between molecules. Catalysis of such processes …

Photoresponsive host–guest functional systems

DH Qu, QC Wang, QW Zhang, X Ma, H Tian - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular chemistry mainly focuses on the chemical systems assembled by a discrete
number of molecular components through weak and reversible noncovalent interactions …

Development of pseudorotaxanes and rotaxanes: from synthesis to stimuli-responsive motions to applications

M Xue, Y Yang, X Chi, X Yan, F Huang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The history of isomeric types of organic molecules has passed through several important
stages:(1) Molecules that differ from each other with different numbers and types of atoms;(2) …

Viologen-inspired functional materials: synthetic strategies and applications

J Ding, C Zheng, L Wang, C Lu, B Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Viologens, functional organic materials composed of conjugated bi-/multi-pyridyl groups,
have attracted much attention for decades owing to their properties such as unique …