The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

A mechanical bond presents a combination of the best features of covalent and
supramolecular chemistries (stability and structural integrity), plus a unique dynamic nature …

Macrocyclic structures are common synthetic targets in drug discovery,(1, 2) and therefore,
interest in their study is continuously increasing in this field.(3, 4) A classic example is …

Mechanically interlocked carbon nanostructures represent a relatively unexplored frontier in
carbon nanoscience due to the difficulty in preparing these unusual topological materials …

Half a century after Schill and Lüttringhaus carried out the first directed synthesis of a [2]
catenane, a plethora of strategies now exist for the construction of molecular Hopf links …

The expression of biological functions, such as enzyme catalysis, immune response, and
cargo transport in confined nanospaces, with very different physical and chemical …

Stemming from early seminal notions of molecular recognition and encapsulation, three-
dimensional, cavity-containing capsular compounds and assemblies have attracted intense …

Manipulating and controlling the self-organisation of small collections of molecules, as an
alternative to investigating individual molecules, has motivated researchers bent on …

Triplet excited-state organic chromophores present countless opportunities for applications
in photocatalysis. Here we describe an approach to the engineering of the triplet excited …

Mechanically interlocked molecules based on oligoparaphenylene‐derived nanohoops,
particularly those without heteroatoms, are synthetically challenging and topologically …