Nature Communications (Aug 2021)
A contorted nanographene shelter
- Huang Wu,
- Yu Wang,
- Bo Song,
- Hui-Juan Wang,
- Jiawang Zhou,
- Yixun Sun,
- Leighton O. Jones,
- Wenqi Liu,
- Long Zhang,
- Xuan Zhang,
- Kang Cai,
- Xiao-Yang Chen,
- Charlotte L. Stern,
- Junfa Wei,
- Omar K. Farha,
- Jessica M. Anna,
- George C. Schatz,
- Yu Liu,
- J. Fraser Stoddart
Affiliations
- Huang Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Yu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Bo Song
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Hui-Juan Wang
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University
- Jiawang Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
- Yixun Sun
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University
- Leighton O. Jones
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Wenqi Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Long Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Xuan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Kang Cai
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University
- Xiao-Yang Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Charlotte L. Stern
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Junfa Wei
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University
- Omar K. Farha
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Jessica M. Anna
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
- George C. Schatz
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Yu Liu
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University
- J. Fraser Stoddart
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25255-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Encapsulating large and contorted nanographenes inside artificial receptors remain challenging. This work reports the synthesis, characterization and binding properties of a trigonal prismatic cage compound that can serve as a receptor for contorted nanographene derivatives.
