Supramolecular chemistry – Page 2
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ResearchSteroid separation made easy with photoswitchable coordination cage
Light-activated coordination cage purifies progesterone
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OpinionAn unprecedented supramolecular structure brings new complexities to life
The transcription factor FOXP3’s interactions with DNA present more evidence of the importance of disorder
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FeatureThe mechanical side of bonding
Synthetic chemists are finally mastering the assembly of interlocked molecules held together by the mechanical bond, find James Mitchell Crow
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ResearchEncapsulation drives visible light isomerisation in azobenzene photoswitch
Efficiency and selectivity of photoswitches boosted by confining light-sensitive structures into supramolecular capsules
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ResearchNanocapsule seamed by calcium ions boasts huge internal volume
Giant metal–organic capsule assembles from C-ethylpyrogallol[4]arene and calcium ions
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ResearchMOFs + rotaxanes = MOFaxanes
Threading polymer chains through MOF microcrystals leads to a new class of interlocked system
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ResearchIdentifying single atoms with x-ray specificity
Combining synchrotron x-rays with scanning tunnelling microscopy gives atomic resolution
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NewsNew results vindicate suspect 63-year-old claim on synthesis of first catenane
Researchers hoping to debunk Edel Wasserman’s doubted claims of the first interlinked rings end up supporting them
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ResearchExtraordinary crystal structure displays abiotic foldamer with unprecedented complexity
Four aromatic oligoamide helix-turn-helix units assemble in organic solvent into an abiotic architecture with quaternary-like structure
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ResearchChemical chainmail constructed from interlocked coordination polymers
Simple synthesis yields an ‘infinite’ structure with applications in flexible materials
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ResearchMolecular motor running on electricity mimics biological motors
The nanomachine is based on a [3]catenane and isn’t operated through a microscope tip, unlike others
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ResearchRadium chelator researchers working to improve targeted cancer therapies
Oak Ridge National Lab team investigate factors underpinnning Ra2+ complex stability and selectivity in attempt to expand the therapeutic utility of radium-223
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ResearchAI beats human experts when it comes to peptide design
Algorithm throws up some counter-intuitive structures in contest
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ResearchDual use molecular motor can drive or glow
Infrared light can flip molecular machine between rotary motion and photoluminescence
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ResearchChemical Turing machine reads molecular tape
Crown ether ratchet reads out molecular strand’s chirality
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ResearchArtificial active transport offers new way to prepare complex oligorotaxanes
Novel class of molecular pump is driven by transamidation
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ResearchManganese coordination polymer separates xylene isomers
A highly flexible and stable material offers new opportunities for industrial xylene purification
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ResearchImprobable rotaxane made using a foldamer helix
Macrocycle displaced to a site for which it has no formal affinity
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ResearchLight-driven molecular motor made from entirely renewable resources
Green synthetic strategy leads to first light-driven molecular motor from wood biomass
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ResearchSwitching molecular self-assembly on and off with electricity
New approach uses electrons to catalyse molecular recognition, giving chemists precise control over the process