The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic

YJ Lim, K Goh, R Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water channels are one of the key pillars driving the development of next-generation
desalination and water treatment membranes. Over the past two decades, the rise of …

Alignment and Dynamic Inversion of Planar Chirality in Pillar[n]arenes

K Kato, S Fa, T Ogoshi - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pillar [n] arenes are symmetrical macrocyclic compounds composed of benzene panels with
para‐methylene linkages. Each panel usually exhibits planar chirality and prefers chirality …

Role of functionalized pillararene architectures in supramolecular catalysis

K Wang, JH Jordan, K Velmurugan, X Tian… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The many useful features possessed by pillararenes (PAs; eg rigid, capacious, and
hydrophobic cavities, as well as exposed functional groups) have led to a tremendous …

Synthesis of covalent organic pillars as molecular nanotubes with precise length, diameter and chirality

Y Tian, Y Guo, X Dong, X Wan, KH Cheng, R Chang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The construction of nanotubes with well-defined structures, although synthetically
challenging, offers the prospect of studying novel chemical reactions and transportation …

Twisted pentagonal prisms: AgnL2 metal-organic pillars

X Wan, S Li, Y Tian, J Xu, LC Shen, H Zuilhof, M Zhang… - Chem, 2022 - cell.com
The structures of hierarchically assembled supramolecular architectures are dictated
characteristically by the encoded symmetries and geometries of the corresponding building …

The emerging applications of pillararene architectures in supramolecular catalysis

K Wang, X Tian, JH Jordan, K Velmurugan… - Chinese Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, numerous research efforts have been devoted to pillar [n] arenes since
their debut. The popularity of pillararenes is a reflection of current research trend in …

“Rim‐Differentiated” Pillar [6] arenes

Y Chao, TU Thikekar, W Fang, R Chang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A “rim‐differentiated” pillar [6] arene (RD‐P [6]) was obtained successfully, with the
assistance of a dimeric silver trifluoroacetate template, among eight different constitutional …

Proton-versus cation-selective transport of saccharide rim-appended pillar [5] arene artificial water channels

IM Andrei, W Chen, M Baaden… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transport of water across cell membranes is a fundamental process for important biological
functions. Herein, we focused our research on a new type of symmetrical saccharide rim …

Discrete Macrocycles with Fixed Chirality and Two Distinct Sides: Dipole‐Dependent Chiroptical Response

K Kato, Y Kurakake, S Ohtani, S Fa, M Gon… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Control of symmetry is fundamental in molecular design with aimed properties. Herein we
report a set of chiroptical C5‐symmetric molecules with variable dipolar structures based on …

Constructing artificial gap junctions to mediate intercellular signal and mass transport

YH Fu, YF Hu, T Lin, GW Zhuang, YL Wang… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Natural gap junctions are a type of channel protein responsible for intercellular signalling
and mass communication. However, the scope of applications for these proteins is limited as …