Functional capsules via subcomponent self-assembly

D Zhang, TK Ronson, JR Nitschke - Accounts of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Coordination-driven self-assembly can produce large, symmetrical, hollow
cages that are synthetically easy to access. The functions provided by these aesthetically …

Permanently microporous metal–organic polyhedra

AJ Gosselin, CA Rowland, ED Bloch - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
As compared to porous network solids, including metal–organic frameworks, covalent–
organic frameworks, porous aromatic frameworks, and zeolites, porous molecular materials …

Strategies for binding multiple guests in metal–organic cages

FJ Rizzuto, LKS von Krbek, JR Nitschke - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
The binding of multiple guests by a single entity can lead to new modes of host–guest
interactions and thus new applications in, for example, catalysis and sensing. With the aim of …

Orthogonal self-assembly of a two-step fluorescence-resonance energy transfer system with improved photosensitization efficiency and photooxidation activity

PP Jia, L Xu, YX Hu, WJ Li, XQ Wang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the past few decades, fabrication of multistep fluorescence-resonance energy
transfer (FRET) systems has become one of the most attractive topics within supramolecular …

Water-soluble redox-active cage hosting polyoxometalates for selective desulfurization catalysis

LX Cai, SC Li, DN Yan, LP Zhou, F Guo… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Transformations within container-molecules provide a good alternative between traditional
homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, as the containers themselves can be regarded …

Emergent behavior in nanoconfined molecular containers

W Liu, JF Stoddart - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
The expression of biological functions, such as enzyme catalysis, immune response, and
cargo transport in confined nanospaces, with very different physical and chemical …

Three-dimensional polycatenation of a uranium-based metal–organic cage: Structural complexity and radiation detection

L Cheng, C Liang, W Liu, Y Wang, B Chen… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The potential applications of metal–organic cages (MOCs) are mostly achieved through
specific host–guest interactions within their cavities. Electronic applications would require an …

CageCavityCalc (C3): A Computational Tool for Calculating and Visualizing Cavities in Molecular Cages

V Martí-Centelles, TK Piskorz… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organic (porous) and metal–organic cages are promising biomimetic platforms with diverse
applications spanning recognition, sensing, and catalysis. The key to the emergence of …

Beyond platonic: how to build metal–organic polyhedra capable of binding low-symmetry, information-rich molecular cargoes

CT McTernan, JA Davies, JR Nitschke - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The field of metallosupramolecular chemistry has advanced rapidly in recent years. Much
work in this area has focused on the formation of hollow self-assembled metal-organic …

Engineering Soluble Diketopyrrolopyrrole Chromophore Stacks from a Series of Pd (II)‐Based Ravels

I Regeni, R Chowdhury, K Terlinden… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A strategy to engineer the stacking of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) dyes based on non‐
statistical metallosupramolecular self‐assembly is introduced. For this, the DPP backbone is …