Towards single-species selectivity of membranes with subnanometre pores

R Epsztein, RM DuChanois, CL Ritt, A Noy… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Synthetic membranes with pores at the subnanometre scale are at the core of processes for
separating solutes from water, such as water purification and desalination. While these …

Towards single molecule switches

JL Zhang, JQ Zhong, JD Lin, WP Hu, K Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of using single molecules as key building blocks for logic gates, diodes and
transistors to perform basic functions of digital electronic devices at the molecular scale has …

N2 Reduction and Hydrogenation to Ammonia by a Molecular Iron-Potassium Complex

MM Rodriguez, E Bill, WW Brennessel, PL Holland - Science, 2011 - science.org
The most common catalyst in the Haber-Bosch process for the hydrogenation of dinitrogen
(N2) to ammonia (NH3) is an iron surface promoted with potassium cations (K+), but soluble …

Molecular architectonic on metal surfaces

JV Barth - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2007 - annualreviews.org
The engineering of highly organized systems from instructed molecular building blocks
opens up new vistas for the control of matter and the exploration of nanodevice concepts …

Molecular and Supramolecular Networks on Surfaces: From Two‐Dimensional Crystal Engineering to Reactivity

JAAW Elemans, S Lei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The invention of the scanning tunneling microscope has led to the visualization of molecules
in real space on atomically flat conductive substrates. This has boosted research into …

Molecular chirality at surfaces

KH Ernst - physica status solidi (b), 2012 - Wiley Online Library
With the adsorption of larger molecules being increasingly tackled by surface scientists, the
aspect of chirality often plays a role. This paper gives a topical review of molecular chirality …

Spontaneous resolution, whence and whither: from enantiomorphic solids to chiral liquid crystals, monolayers and macro-and supra-molecular polymers and …

L Pérez-García, DB Amabilino - Chemical Society Reviews, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the great challenges in stereochemistry is the explanation of why some molecules
resolve spontaneously while others do not. In this critical review the recent advances in the …

[PDF][PDF] Reversibly photoswitchable supramolecular assembly and its application as a photoerasable fluorescent ink

H Wu, Y Chen, Y Liu - Advanced Materials, 2017 - supram.nankai.edu.cn
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201605271 of the large conformational changes of dithienylethene
under UV and visible light to achieve the photocontrolled interconversion between two metal …

Chiral expression from molecular assemblies at metal surfaces: insights from surface science techniques

R Raval - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review summarises the molecular and atomic-level insights on the nature of
surface chirality that have recently been obtained from creating molecular monolayers at …

Two-dimensional surface chirality control by solvent-induced helicity inversion of a helical polyacetylene on graphite

S Sakurai, K Okoshi, J Kumaki… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We report the direct evidence for the macromolecular helicity inversion of a helical poly
(phenylacetylene) bearing l-or d-alanine pendants with a long alkyl chain in different …