In this viewpoint article we discuss an early contribution from Brammer and Orpen et al., which highlights the very rich supramolecular behaviour of halogen atoms. Their findings appear even more timely when viewed in li...
The possibility of evolving a commonly existing biomolecule into a variety of functional biomolecules has now been realized in the form of aptamers through the development of in vitro selection. In addition to their high...
In a microfluidic H-cell, a multi-component self-assembled system is brought out-of-equilibrium by changing the bimodal composition of porphyrin stacks and pyridine-capped dimers. Driven by their different diffusivities,...
The differences in the C-terminal domains of human amylin peptide variants initiate different aggregation processes and differences in the composition of the aggregates by affecting the hydrophobic cores, conformations, ...
The crystal structure of a cocrystal comprising a complex of a bis(imidazolium) ionic liquid hosted by pyrogallol[4]arene (PgC) macrocycles is reported. Introduction of the dicationic species yields complexation by two P...
Dynamic systems based on double parallel reactions have been generated and resolved in situ by secondary lipase-catalyzed asymmetric transformation, resulting in high chemo- and enantioselectivities.
We have fabricated supra-amphiphiles by charge-transfer complexation of azulene-based amphiphiles and pyrene in water, and the self-assembled nanostructures can reversibly change between cylindrical micelles and disklike...
A photo-switchable fluorescent flagging approach has been developed to identify photoaffinity-labeled peptides in target protein. Upon photochemical release of the ligand, the protein was newly modified with a coumarin i...
The title heterobridge system exhibits the coexistence of AF ordering, SCM-derived multi-relaxation dynamics, field-induced metamagnetism and field-induced spin-glass-like dynamics.
A variety of logic operations such as XNOR, NOR, AND, NAND, NOT have been designed with pH as an external modulator by choosing thiazole orange (TO) and a c-kit2 promoter quadruplex as two inputs and fluorescence signals...
An unprecedented 3D dynamic porous metal-organic framework assembled from fivefold interlocked closed nanotubes has been constructed, which exhibits highly selective adsorption of CO2 over N-2 and H-2, as well as stepwis...
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) hybrids have been prepared by simple dry grinding. Excellent initial charge capacity (1214 mA h g(-1)) and similar to 85% retention after 60 discharge-charg...
Sm(HMDS)(2) in n-hexane mediates fast cleavage of primary, secondary and tertiary alkyl fluorides in good to excellent yields. In n-hexane Sm(HMDS)(2) exhibits uniquely enhanced reductive ability towards the C-F bond com...
A microscopic investigation of the molecular packing structures of a fused thiophene derivative reveals the important role of intermolecular S center dot center dot center dot S interaction in directing the 2D self-assem...
A fully rigid tetrakisimidazolium macrocycle was synthesized in good yield for the first time through direct [2+2] cyclization. The structure was characterized by NMRs, MS and X-ray diffraction analysis. This cationic, f...
The reactivity of a Cu catalyst for oxidative coupling ismodulated by a small molecule additive, diethyl malonate, that slows over-oxidation of 2-naphthols. Efficient heterocoupling between electron-rich and electron-poo...