High-throughput screening of mechanically interlocked Catenane metal complexes for enhanced electrocatalytic activity

M Tamtaji, WA Goddard, GH Chen - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal complexes have been thoroughly studied for various electrochemical reactions.
Mechanically interlocked molecular machines, however, have not been studied for …

Mechanical and Covalent Tailoring of Copper Catenanes for Selective Aqueous Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electrocatalysis

Y Deng, X Mo, SKM Lai, SC Haw, HY Au-Yeung… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) for selective generation of ammonia
(NH3) enables the removal of deleterious nitrate pollutants while simultaneously upcycling …

Modulating the Coordination Properties of 4-Coordinate Copper (I) Using Catenane Ligands Composed of Differently Sized Macrocycles

Y Deng, Z Lu, SKM Lai, X Mo, S He, DL Phillips… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Upon coordination to catenane ligands derived from interlocked macrocycles of different
size, gradual deviation of the coordination structure of the resulting 4-coordinate copper (I) …