With the serendipitous discovery of crown ethers by Pedersen more than half a century ago
and the subsequent introduction of host–guest chemistry and supramolecular chemistry by …

Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), a new class of hybrid molecules formed by
encapsulation of metallic species inside fullerene cages, exhibit unique properties that differ …

Porphyrins and related families of molecules are important organic modules as has been
reflected in the award of the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry in 1915, 1930, 1961, 1962, 1965 …

Biological encapsulants such as ferritin,[1] lumazine synthase,[2] and viral capsids [3]
achieve their selective separation and sequestration of substrates by providing: 1) a guest …

First Self-Contained Source Entirely Dedicated to Nanocarbons Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
attract a good deal of attention for their electronic, mechanical, optical, and chemical …

Dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) provides an intriguing and highly efficient approach for
building molecules that are usually thermodynamically favored. However, the DCC methods …

Since fullerenes are available in macroscopic quantities from fullerene soot, large efforts
have been geared toward designing efficient strategies to obtain highly pure fullerenes …

The design of high‐affinity synthetic host–guest complexes is of paramount importance
because they are key elements in constructing unprecedented supramolecular assemblies …

Along with the advent of supramolecular chemistry, research on fullerene receptors based
on noncovalent bonding interactions has attracted a lot of attention. Here, we present the …

Custom‐made macrocyclic receptors for fullerenes are proving a valuable alternative to
achieve the affinity and selectivity required to meet challenges such as the selective …