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Synthesis of graphene-encapsulated Fe3C/Fe catalyst supported on Sporopollenin exine capsules, and its use for the reverse water gas shift reaction (2023)
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Malik, W., Tafoya, J. . P. V., Doszczeczko, S., Jorge Sobrido, A. B., Skoulou, V., Boa, A. N., …Volpe, R. (in press). Synthesis of graphene-encapsulated Fe3C/Fe catalyst supported on Sporopollenin exine capsules, and its use for the reverse water gas shift reaction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering,

Bioderived materials have emerged as sustainable catalyst supports for several heterogeneous reactions owing to their naturally occurring hierarchal pore size distribution, high surface area, and thermal and chemical stability. We utilize sporopollen... Read More about Synthesis of graphene-encapsulated Fe3C/Fe catalyst supported on Sporopollenin exine capsules, and its use for the reverse water gas shift reaction.

Sulfonate ligand-induced formation of alkali metal-cucurbit[5]uril-based assemblies (2023)
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Xu, J., Wang, Q., Ge, W. W., Wu, D., Redshaw, C., & Chen, K. (2023). Sulfonate ligand-induced formation of alkali metal-cucurbit[5]uril-based assemblies. CrystEngComm, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ce01568d

Herein, we report the use of 1,5-naphthalene disulfonic acid (H2NDS) as a structure-directing agent to construct cucurbit[5]uril-based supramolecular assemblies. In order to demonstrate the directing role played by H2NDS. {Q[5]·3[H3O]·3Cl·11H2O} (1)... Read More about Sulfonate ligand-induced formation of alkali metal-cucurbit[5]uril-based assemblies.

Stimuli-responsive mechanically interlocked molecules constructed from cucurbit[n]uril homologues and derivatives (2023)
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Liu, J. X., Chen, K., & Redshaw, C. (2023). Stimuli-responsive mechanically interlocked molecules constructed from cucurbit[n]uril homologues and derivatives. Chemical Society Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cs00785a

Cucurbit[n]uril supramolecular chemistry has developed rapidly since 2001 when different cucurbit[n]uril homologues (Q[n]) were successfully separated in pure form. The combination of Q[n] cavity size and various types of external stimuli has given b... Read More about Stimuli-responsive mechanically interlocked molecules constructed from cucurbit[n]uril homologues and derivatives.

The Effect of Mesogenic Coronas on the Type and Anisotropy of Gold Nanoparticle Superlattices: When Can the Tail Wag the Dog? (2023)
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Zhao, Y. Y., Li, Y., Cao, Y., Mehl, G. H., Liu, F., & Ungar, G. (2023). The Effect of Mesogenic Coronas on the Type and Anisotropy of Gold Nanoparticle Superlattices: When Can the Tail Wag the Dog?. Chemistry: a European journal, 29(11), Article e202203673. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202203673

The correlation between the size of nanoparticles, the structure and shape of mesogenic ligands and the ensuing assembly behaviour is not really understood. Closer inspection shows very surprising features. Here, 2- and 4-nm gold nanoparticles (NPs)... Read More about The Effect of Mesogenic Coronas on the Type and Anisotropy of Gold Nanoparticle Superlattices: When Can the Tail Wag the Dog?.

4,4′-Biphenyldisulfonic acid induced coordination polymers of symmetrical tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril with alkaline-earth metals for detection of antibiotics (2023)
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Chen, K., Zhu, Z. Q., Zhang, M. H., Yang, X., Li, J., Chen, C., & Redshaw, C. (2023). 4,4′-Biphenyldisulfonic acid induced coordination polymers of symmetrical tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril with alkaline-earth metals for detection of antibiotics. CrystEngComm, 25(6), 961-970. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ce01470j

Three new coordination polymers based on macrocyclic symmetrical tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril (TMeQ[6]) with formulae {[Ca2(C40H44N24O12)(H2O)10](C12H8O6S2)2}·13H2O (1), {[Sr(C40H44N24O12)(H2O)4](C12H8O6S2)}·13H2O (2), and {[Ba2(C40H44N24O12)(C12H8O6S... Read More about 4,4′-Biphenyldisulfonic acid induced coordination polymers of symmetrical tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril with alkaline-earth metals for detection of antibiotics.

A study of the supramolecular assembly formed by cucurbit[7]uril and 4-cyanophenol (2023)
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Yu, Z. C., Lu, Y., Zhao, J., Dai, J. J., Chen, G. R., Shan, P. H., …Xiao, X. (2023). A study of the supramolecular assembly formed by cucurbit[7]uril and 4-cyanophenol. Journal of molecular structure, 1278, Article 134969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.134969

The binding interaction between 4-cyanophenol (4-CY) and cucurbit[7]uril has been studied using 1H NMR spectroscopy, UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The corresponding absorption and emission spectr... Read More about A study of the supramolecular assembly formed by cucurbit[7]uril and 4-cyanophenol.

Supramolecular Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Hydrogel Based on Hexamethyl Cucurbit[5]uril for Cell Imaging (2023)
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Sun, X. R., Yang, H. P., Zhang, W., Zhang, S., Hu, J. H., Liu, M., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Hydrogel Based on Hexamethyl Cucurbit[5]uril for Cell Imaging. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c17891

The host-guest interaction between hexamethyl cucurbit[5]uril (HmeQ[5]) and 1,4-diaminobenzene (DB) was investigated, and a new low-molecular-weight supramolecular gel was prepared by a simple heating/mixing cooling method. The structure and properti... Read More about Supramolecular Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Hydrogel Based on Hexamethyl Cucurbit[5]uril for Cell Imaging.

Supramolecular structural control: photochemical reactions between styrylpyridine derivative and cucurbit[7,8]urils (2023)
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Yuan, S. W., Wu, H., Yang, X. N., Yang, M. X., Luo, Y., Min, W., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular structural control: photochemical reactions between styrylpyridine derivative and cucurbit[7,8]urils. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nj03718a

The use of cucurbit[n]urils to control the photochemical reactions of styrylpyridine salts has become a new strategy in supramolecular chemistry. In an aqueous solution, styrylpyridine derivatives (CHP) can form supramolecular complexes of the 1:2 an... Read More about Supramolecular structural control: photochemical reactions between styrylpyridine derivative and cucurbit[7,8]urils.

Ultralong nitrogen/sulfur Co-doped carbon nano-hollow-sphere chains with encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles for highly efficient oxygen electrocatalysis (2023)
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Zhang, W., Guo, X., Li, C., Xue, J. Y., Xue, J., Xu, W. Y., …Lang, J. P. (2023). Ultralong nitrogen/sulfur Co-doped carbon nano-hollow-sphere chains with encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles for highly efficient oxygen electrocatalysis. Carbon Energy, https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.317

The development of simple and effective strategies to prepare electrocatalysts, which possess unique and stable structures comprised of metal/nonmetallic atoms for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), is currently an u... Read More about Ultralong nitrogen/sulfur Co-doped carbon nano-hollow-sphere chains with encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles for highly efficient oxygen electrocatalysis.

A Bridge too Far? Comparison of Transition Metal Complexes of Dibenzyltetraazamacrocycles with and without Ethylene Cross-Bridges: X-ray Crystal Structures, Kinetic Stability, and Electronic Properties (2023)
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Walker, A. N., Ayala, M. A., Mondal, S., Bergagnini, M. C., Bui, P. J. D., Chidester, S. N., …Hubin, T. J. (2023). A Bridge too Far? Comparison of Transition Metal Complexes of Dibenzyltetraazamacrocycles with and without Ethylene Cross-Bridges: X-ray Crystal Structures, Kinetic Stability, and Electronic Properties. Molecules, 28(2), Article 895. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28020895

Tetraazamacrocycles, cyclic molecules with four nitrogen atoms, have long been known to produce highly stable transition metal complexes. Cross-bridging such molecules with two-carbon chains has been shown to enhance the stability of these complexes... Read More about A Bridge too Far? Comparison of Transition Metal Complexes of Dibenzyltetraazamacrocycles with and without Ethylene Cross-Bridges: X-ray Crystal Structures, Kinetic Stability, and Electronic Properties.