Strategies for binding multiple guests in metal–organic cages

FJ Rizzuto, LKS von Krbek, JR Nitschke - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
The binding of multiple guests by a single entity can lead to new modes of host–guest
interactions and thus new applications in, for example, catalysis and sensing. With the aim of …

Coordination-directed construction of molecular links

WX Gao, HJ Feng, BB Guo, Y Lu, GX Jin - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the emergence of the concept of chemical topology, interlocked molecular assemblies
have graduated from academic curiosities and poorly defined species to become synthetic …

Perspectives in dye chemistry: a rational approach toward functional materials by understanding the aggregate state

D Bialas, E Kirchner, MIS Röhr… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The past 20 years have witnessed a renaissance of dye chemistry, moving from traditional
colorant research toward functional materials. Different from traditional colorant research …

Design of nanostructures based on aromatic peptide amphiphiles

S Fleming, RV Ulijn - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Aromatic peptide amphiphiles are gaining popularity as building blocks for the bottom-up
fabrication of nanomaterials, including gels. These materials combine the simplicity of small …

Metal–organic frameworks and self-assembled supramolecular coordination complexes: comparing and contrasting the design, synthesis, and functionality of metal …

TR Cook, YR Zheng, PJ Stang - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
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 …

Supramolecular coordination: self-assembly of finite two-and three-dimensional ensembles

R Chakrabarty, PS Mukherjee, PJ Stang - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Fascination with supramolecular chemistry over the past few decades has led to the
synthesis of an ever-increasing number of elegant and intricate functional structures with …

Molecular containers in complex chemical systems

S Zarra, DM Wood, DA Roberts… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last decade molecular containers have been increasingly studied within the context
of complex chemical systems. Herein we discuss selected examples from the literature …

Aromatic rings in chemical and biological recognition: energetics and structures

LM Salonen, M Ellermann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes a multidimensional treatment of molecular recognition phenomena
involving aromatic rings in chemical and biological systems. It summarizes new results …

Functional molecular flasks: new properties and reactions within discrete, self‐assembled hosts

M Yoshizawa, JK Klosterman… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Insider dealing: Self‐assembled hosts applied as “molecular flasks” can alter and control the
reactivity and properties of molecules encapsulated within their well‐defined, confined …

Molecular confinement effects by self-assembled coordination cages

H Takezawa, M Fujita - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
When substrates are confined in an isolated cavity, they experience circumstances that are
distinctly different from those in a bulk solution. Molecular self-assembly has widened the …