Supramolecular coordination cages for artificial photosynthesis and synthetic photocatalysis

R Ham, CJ Nielsen, S Pullen, JNH Reek - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Because sunlight is the most abundant energy source on earth, it has huge potential for
practical applications ranging from sustainable energy supply to light driven chemistry. From …

Metal–organic framework-based hierarchically porous materials: synthesis and applications

G Cai, P Yan, L Zhang, HC Zhou, HL Jiang - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely recognized as one of the most
fascinating classes of materials from science and engineering perspectives, benefiting from …

Design and applications of water-soluble coordination cages

EG Percástegui, TK Ronson, JR Nitschke - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar
fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble …

Nonradicals induced degradation of organic pollutants by peroxydisulfate (PDS) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS): Recent advances and perspective

Y Ding, X Wang, L Fu, X Peng, C Pan, Q Mao… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nonradical persulfate oxidation processes have emerged as a new wastewater treatment
method due to production of mild nonradical oxidants, selective oxidation of organic …

Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

Chemical reactivity under nanoconfinement

AB Grommet, M Feller, R Klajn - Nature nanotechnology, 2020 - nature.com
Confining molecules can fundamentally change their chemical and physical properties.
Confinement effects are considered instrumental at various stages of the origins of life, and …

Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity

M Morimoto, SM Bierschenk, KT **a, RG Bergman… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Since the trailblazing discoveries of Lehn, Cram and Pedersen, supramolecular chemistry
has established itself as a cornerstone of organic chemistry. Supramolecular hosts offer …

High-entropy oxides for catalysis: A diamond in the rough

Y Pan, JX Liu, TZ Tu, W Wang, GJ Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The notion of “entropy engineering” has breathed new life into the research and
development of sophisticated functional materials in recent years. High-entropy materials …

Catalytic reactions within the cavity of coordination cages

Y Fang, JA Powell, E Li, Q Wang, Z Perry… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural enzymes catalyze reactions in their substrate-binding cavities, exhibiting high
specificity and efficiency. In an effort to mimic the structure and functionality of enzymes …

Seed‐mediated growth of colloidal metal nanocrystals

Y **a, KD Gilroy, HC Peng, X **a - … Chemie International Edition, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Seed‐mediated growth is a powerful and versatile approach for the synthesis of colloidal
metal nanocrystals. The vast allure of this approach mainly stems from the staggering …