Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Recognition in the domain of molecular chirality: from noncovalent interactions to separation of enantiomers

P Peluso, B Chankvetadze - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is not a coincidence that both chirality and noncovalent interactions are ubiquitous in
nature and synthetic molecular systems. Noncovalent interactivity between chiral molecules …

Molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors for optical detection of biorelevant molecules and ions in aqueous media and biofluids

J Krämer, R Kang, LM Grimm, L De Cola… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with
innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and …

Potential of nonporous adaptive crystals for hydrocarbon separation

M Yan, Y Wang, J Chen, J Zhou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrocarbon separation is an important process in the field of petrochemical industry, which
provides a variety of raw materials for industrial production and a strong support for the …

Design and applications of water-soluble coordination cages

EG Percástegui, TK Ronson, JR Nitschke - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar
fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble …

Natural and synthetic flavylium-based dyes: The chemistry behind the color

L Cruz, N Basílio, N Mateus, V de Freitas… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Flavylium compounds are a well-known family of pigments because they are prevalent in the
plant kingdom, contributing to colors over a wide range from shades of yellow-red to blue in …

Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors

L Escobar, P Ballester - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors constitutes a vibrant
and timely research area of supramolecular chemistry. Pioneering examples on the topic …

Recent advances in shear‐thinning and self‐healing hydrogels for biomedical applications

S Uman, A Dhand, JA Burdick - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Shear‐thinning and self‐healing hydrogels are being investigated in various biomedical
applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering, and 3D bioprinting. Such hydrogels …

Molecular recognition with macrocyclic receptors for application in precision medicine

YC Pan, JH Tian, DS Guo - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Macrocyclic receptors can serve as alternatives to natural recognition systems
as recognition tools. They provide effectively preorganized cavities to encapsulate guests …

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 …