Advances and Prospects in Understanding London Dispersion Interactions in Molecular Chemistry

L Rummel, PR Schreiner - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
London dispersion (LD) interactions are the main contribution of the attractive part of the van
der Waals potential. Even though LD effects are the driving force for molecular aggregation …

The selective complexation of crown ethers for lithium isotope separation: A critical review

H Pei, F Yan, H Liu, B He, J Li - Separation and Purification Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Nuclear energy is considered as the ultimate solution for future energy needs. High-purity
lithium isotopes (6 Li and 7 Li) serve as the foundation raw materials for nuclear reactions …

Rotational dive into the water clusters on a simple sugar substrate

AL Steber, B Temelso, Z Kisiel… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Most biomolecular activity takes place in aqueous environments, and it is strongly influenced
by the surrounding water molecules. The hydrogen bond networks that these water …

Water effects on the deformation and fracture behaviors of the multi-scaled cellular fibrous bamboo

G Chen, H Luo, H Yang, T Zhang, S Li - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural bamboo with different water weight contents (0%, 6% and 22%) had distinguishingly
different mechanical properties, where samples with water contents of 22% had tensile …

Conformational panorama and chirality controlled structure–energy relationship in a chiral carboxylic acid dimer

F Xie, NA Seifert, W Jäger, Y Xu - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality recognition in dimers of tetrahydro‐2‐furoic acid (THFA) was studied in a conformer‐
specific manner using rotational spectroscopy and theoretical approaches. THFA shows a …

Intramolecular london dispersion interaction effects on gas-phase and solid-state structures of diamondoid dimers

AA Fokin, TS Zhuk, S Blomeyer, C Perez… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The covalent diamantyl (C28H38) and oxadiamantyl (C26H34O2) dimers are stabilized by
London dispersion attractions between the dimer moieties. Their solid-state and gas-phase …

Tipping the scales: Spectroscopic tools for intermolecular energy balances

A Poblotzki, HC Gottschalk… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Intermolecular energy balances are supramolecular complexes with a nearly degenerate
bistable docking structure and low barriers in between, which can be tuned by chemical …

The structure of isolated thalidomide as reference for its chirality-dependent biological activity: a laser-ablation rotational study

S Blanco, A Macario, JC López - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thalidomide is a drug that presents two enantiomers with markedly different
pharmacological and toxicological activities. It is sadly famous due to its teratogenic effects …

Atom-economic macrocyclic amphiphile based on guanidinium-functionalized selenacrown ether acting as redox-responsive nanozyme

B Li, Q Xu, X Shen, T Pan, J Shang, Y Ge, Z Qi - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Control of self-assembly is significant to the preparation of supramolecular materials, but the
control of hydration, responsiveness, dimension, catalysis of macrocyclic amphiphiles in an …

Crown ether-capped gold nanoclusters as a multimodal platform for bioimaging

P Obstarczyk, A Pniakowska, Nonappa… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The distinct polarity of biomolecule surfaces plays a pivotal role in their biochemistry and
functions as it is involved in numerous processes, such as folding, aggregation, or …