Azobenzenes are archetypal molecules that have a central role in fundamental and applied
research. Over the course of almost two centuries, the area of azobenzenes has witnessed …

Structural adhesives are commonly used to join dissimilar materials and are of particular
interest in complex technological devices used in automotive, telecommunications, photonic …

Adhesives that enable bonding and especially debonding on demand (DoD) have attracted
rapidly growing interest in the last decade, as these capabilities greatly improve the …

Cucurbit [n] urils (CB [n] s, n= 5–8, 10, and 14), synthetic macrocycles with unique host–
guest properties, have triggered increasing research interest in recent years. Gold …

By using 1H NMR, ESI-MS and UV spectra, a novel light-responsive molecular switch
constructed using 1, 1′-bis (benzyl)-4-[2-(4-pyridyl)-vinyl]-pyridinium (12+) and cucurbit [7] …

In this work, enhanced guest-pair interactions in the cavity of cucurbit [8] uril (CB [8]) are
quantitatively determined using single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS). Significantly …

Viologens are among the most studied guests for cucurbit [8] uril (CB [8]) and their
complexation is usually driven by bipyridyl core inclusion inside the cavity to maximize both …

Nature's exquisite designs are a constant source of inspiration for materials scientists, yet
our ability to replicate biological interactions in engineered systems is often limited …

Spatiotemporal control over molecular aggregation is one of the most ambitious goals of
current chemistry, 1 potentially allowing chemists to transiently control the properties of …

In 1981, Mock and co-workers reported that the condensation of glycoluril 1H with
formaldehyde under strongly acidic conditions leads to the formation of cucurbit [6] uril (CB …