The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an
electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic …

Recently, there has been a global focus on effectively treating emerging contaminants (ECs)
in water bodies. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are the primary technology used for …

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Wallace H. Carothers described his brilliant ideas about the rapidly develo** field of …

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functions responsible for the regulation and control of the vast majority of biological …

Supramolecular polymer networks are three-dimensional structures of crosslinked
macromolecules connected by transient, non-covalent bonds; they are a fascinating class of …

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because of their dynamic nature. Although soft materials are not as highly durable as hard …

Nanocomposites, composed of organic and inorganic building blocks, can combine the
properties from the parent constituents and generate new properties to meet current and …

The concept of orthogonality has been applied to many areas of chemistry, ranging from
wave functions to chromatography. But it was Barany and Merrifield's orthogonal protecting …

Mimicking native functional dynamics for traditional biomaterials such as thermoset
elastomers is limited due to their lack of responsiveness to biological stimuli and difficulties …

The rise of supramolecular chemistry has drawn great attention to the designed self‐
assembly of synthetic molecules. Supramolecular self‐assembly has become an efficient …