From being an aesthetic molecular object to a building block for the construction of
molecular machines, catenanes and related mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) …

Crown ethers are macrocyclic hosts that can complex a wide range of inorganic and organic
cations as well as neutral guest species. Their widespread utilization in several areas of …

Intelligent molecular machines that are driven by light, electricity, and temperature have
attracted considerable interest in the fields of chemistry, materials, and biology. Herein, a …

A series of stable radical 2D metal‐organic frameworks has been assembled.(m‐TTFTB) 3
(m‐Tetrathiafulvalene‐tetrabenzoate) trimer building blocks are beneficial for the stability of …

Crown ethers are a class of macrocyclic molecules with unique flexible structures but they
are rarely integrated in covalent organic frameworks (COFs). To date, employing flexible …

Challenges for the development of efficacious new superbases include their ease of
synthesis, chemical stability, and high basicity, while minimizing nucleophilicity is important …

Despite dramatic advances in the template-directed synthesis of archetypal [2] rotaxanes,
higher order rotaxanes with multiple molecular components (rings or dumbbells) are …

Rotaxanes, pseudorotaxanes, and catenanes have attracted the interest of many
researchers because of the special features provided by the mechanical bond. The selective …

Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs), especially rotaxanes and catenanes, allow
large-amplitude movement at the molecular level, making them the perfect prototypes for …

Near-infrared (NIR) photothermal materials hold great promise for use in several
applications, particularly in photothermal therapy, diagnosis, and imaging. However, current …