Supramolecular chemistry – Page 3
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         Research ResearchThis computational chemist is experimentalists’ secret weapon in the hunt for new materialsKim Jelfs discusses how software development feeds – and needs – collaboration 
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        ![Terphen[3]arene](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/3/6/518736_d2cc00040gf1_733670.jpg) Research ResearchSulfonated macrocycle helps the medicine go downA supramolecular approach makes alkaloid drugs taste less bitter 
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         Research ResearchDoubly negative dianions can form π hole bonds tooResearchers report an attractive interaction between two doubly negative dianions for the first time 
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         Research ResearchClippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule familyKeck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers 
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         Research ResearchFirst fundamentally new form of adsorption for more than 90 years driven by molecular machinesUnlike physisorption and chemisorption, the newly discovered ‘mechanisorption’ is an active process that can store energy or chemicals 
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         Research ResearchPeptide superstructures speed up Michael reactionA tripeptide that self-assembles into a supramolecular fibres accelerates an asymmetric benchmark reaction by up to 74% 
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         Research ResearchGiant molecular cage protects plastic-eating enzymeCaged protein withstands temperatures much hotter than its usual melting point and becomes 1000 times more resistant to solvents 
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         Research ResearchEnantioselective synthesis of elusive chiral nitrogen compounds discovered by chanceAn ‘elegant and simple’ way to make nitrogen stereocentres by supramolecular recognition 
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         Research ResearchMolecular light switch speeds up tricky cyclodextrin synthesisReaction could lower cost of useful macrocycle 
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         Research ResearchGold double helix assembles with DNA-like precisionDNA construction principles create first ever double-helical gold nanocluster assembly 
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         Research ResearchMolecular machines talk to living cells for the first timeArtificial molecular motors gently pull on cells’ membrane receptors to trigger a biochemical response 
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         Research ResearchAnti-electrostatic halogen bonding shown in solution for the first timeUV-vis spectroscopy and computational analysis explore nature of counterintuitive anionic interaction 
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         Opinion OpinionExploring the potential of nanoarchitectonicsCombining self-assembly techniques from across scientific disciplines could allow us to precisely build any material structure 
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         Research ResearchThe hole story of how cage molecules could transform synthesis and separationChemists are getting to grips with how to put molecules inside other molecules and how this could protect highly reactive reagents and create enzyme-like catalysts 
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         Research Research258-atom endless knot created with thiazole ligandsClosed loop structure resembles Celtic and Buddhist symbols 
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         Research ResearchIntricate supramolecular rosette demonstrates power of cooperative interactionsRosette assembles inside porphyrin nanoring when all components are present 
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         Research ResearchChemistry Nobel predictions range from organometallic chemistry to DNA synthesisCrispr is favoured by chemists while publication analysis forecasts winners working on nanocrystals, organometallic chemistry and supramolecular self-assembly 
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         Research ResearchSimple lipid networks combine self-assembly, replication, competition and inhibitionArtificial cells have previously lacked the complexity that is distinct to natural life but scientists are edging closer 
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         Research ResearchLargest hollow cage molecule yet made from 1000 atomsGiant polyoxymetalate cluster contains 240 molybdenum, 740 oxygen and 20 sulfur atoms