Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar
fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble …

In 1893, Alfred Werner described the structure of octahedral transition metal complexes and
provided the basis for assigning coordination number and oxidation state to what were then …

The breadth of structure and function displayed by the molecules of biology is remarkable.
Considering that there are only three major biopolymer backbones (proteins, ribonucleic …

Supramolecular cage chemistry is of lasting interest because, as artificial blueprints of
natural enzymes, the self-assembled cage structures not only provide substrate-hosting …

The term helicate was introduced by Lehn and coworkers in 1987 for the description of a
polymetallic helical double-stranded complex, in effect a metalcontaining helix. 1 It is formed …

Supramolecular chemistry describes the spontaneous assembly of noncovalently linked
molecular clusters of unique shape and composition and requires both a driving force and a …

A helix is a geometric motif which is found in natural as well as in artificial structures. Helicity
can be observed in the spiral arms of galaxies or in microscopic structures such as right-or …

Supramolecular coordination compounds bear exceptional advantages over their organic
counterparts. They are available in one‐pot reactions and in high yields and display …

Specific metal− ligand coordination between bis-Pd (II) and Pt (II) organometallic cross-
linkers and poly (4-vinylpyridine) in DMSO defines a three-dimensional associative polymer …

This review describes our recent research results on several transition-metal based
supramolecular systems. A number of self-assembly metallocyclophanes and cages have …