Assembly and applications of macrocyclic-confinement-derived supramolecular organic luminescent emissions from cucurbiturils

H Nie, Z Wei, XL Ni, Y Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cucurbit [n] urils (Q [n] s or CB [n] s), as a classical of artificial organic macrocyclic hosts,
were found to have excellent advantages in the fabricating of tunable and smart organic …

Recent progress of supramolecular chemotherapy based on host–guest interactions

M Yan, S Wu, Y Wang, M Liang, M Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy is widely recognized as an effective approach for treating cancer due to its
ability to eliminate cancer cells using chemotherapeutic drugs. However, traditional …

Macrocyclic supramolecular assemblies based on hyaluronic acid and their biological applications

Z Liu, W Lin, Y Liu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Hyaluronic acid (HA), which contains multiple carboxyl, hydroxyl, and
acetylamino groups and is an agent that targets tumors, has drawn great attention in …

Applications of macrocycle-based solid-state host–guest chemistry

H Zhu, L Chen, B Sun, M Wang, H Li… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrocyclic molecules have been used in various fields owing to their guest binding
properties. Macrocycle-based host–guest chemistry in solution can allow for precise control …

Challenges and opportunities of functionalized cucurbiturils for biomedical applications

H Yin, Q Cheng, D Bardelang, R Wang - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cucurbit [n] uril (CB [n]) macrocycles (especially CB [5] to CB [8]) have shown exceptional
attributes since their discovery in 2000. Their stability, water solubility, responsiveness to …

Pyridine-conjugated pillar [5] arene: from molecular crystals of blue luminescence to red-emissive coordination nanocrystals

XY Lou, YW Yang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
A luminescent molecular crystal (P5bipy) and a Cu (I)-coordinated luminescent nanocrystal
(Cu (I)-P5bipy) have been prepared concurrently using one conjugated pillar [5] arene …

Pillararene-based molecular-scale porous materials

MH Li, XY Lou, YW Yang - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the design and syntheses of molecular-scale pillar [n] arene-based
porous materials with promising applications and summarises the development of using …

Functional materials with pillarene struts

Z Li, YW Yang - Accounts of Materials Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Pillar [n] arenes (pillarenes for short) are a relatively new generation of
macrocyclic host compounds with rigid cylinder architectures containing several …

Pillararene-based supramolecular polymers for cancer therapy

M Yan, J Zhou - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Supramolecular polymers have attracted considerable interest due to their intriguing
features and functions. The dynamic reversibility of noncovalent interactions endows …

[HTML][HTML] A light-driven dual-nanotransformer with deep tumor penetration for efficient chemo-immunotherapy

J Peng, F Chen, Y Liu, F Zhang, L Cao, Q You… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Designing a transformable nanosystem with improved tumor accumulation and penetration
by tuning multiple physicochemical properties remains a challenge. Here, a near-infrared …