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 …

The design principles of metallo-organic assembly reactions have facilitated access to
hundreds of coordination cages of varying size and shape. Many of these assemblies …

The construction of efficient artificial light-harvesting systems (ALHSs) is of vital importance
in utilizing solar energy. Herein, we report the non-covalent syntheses of double helicates …

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 …

The regioselective functionalization of C60 remains challenging, while the enantioselective
functionalization of C60 is difficult to explore due to the need for complex chiral tethers or …

The selective separation of structurally similar aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbons is an
essential goal in industrial processes. In this study, we report the synthesis of a water …

The combination of pyridyl ligands and square-planar Pd (II) or Pt (II) cations has proven to
be a very reliable recipe for the realization of supramolecular self-assemblies. This tutorial …

It is quite challenging to realize fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between
two chromophores with specific positions and directions. Herein, through the self-assembly …

Here we report two highly emissive perylene diimide (PDI)-based metallacages and explore
their complexation with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as pyrene, triphenylene, and …

Conspectus This Account provides a comprehensive summary of our 1-decade-long
investigations into bent anthracene dimers as versatile building blocks for supramolecular …