Develo** hierarchical ordered systems is challenging. Using organo-macrocycles to
construct metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous coordination cages (PCCs) …

Fascination with supramolecular chemistry over the past few decades has led to the
synthesis of an ever-increasing number of elegant and intricate functional structures with …

Nature successfully manages under extremely adverse conditions to accomplish intricate
functions responsible for the regulation and control of the vast majority of biological …

Here we report the unprecedented preparation of nanoparticles with near-infrared (NIR)
emission enhanced by host–guest complexation between a water-soluble pillar [5] arene …

In nature, chemical conversions take place in a confined environment and are closely
geared to each other such that the product of one reaction is the substrate or catalyst of the …

Calix [4] resorcinarene-based cavitands with a bowl-shaped aromatic cavity are widely used
as scaffolds for covalently bound and self-assembled capsules. There are two main …

In 1967 Pederson reported the synthesis of macrocyclic crown ethers and their ability to
selectively bind alkali and alkaline earth ions, 1, 2 and since then supramolecular …

Metallo‐supramolecular self‐assembly tends to be performed with single metal ions and
single, highly symmetrical, ligands. This simplifies the self‐assembly process as without …

The nanomaterials have been widely investigated as drug delivery system for a variety of
anticancer drugs to limit their adverse effects while transporting to the target site. In the …

Self-sorting represents the spontaneous and high fidelity self and/or non-self-recognition of
two or more related components within a complex mixture. While the effective management …