Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Xenon binding by a tight yet adaptive chiral soft capsule

  • Shi-Xin Nie,
  • Hao Guo,
  • Teng-Yu Huang,
  • Yu-Fei Ao,
  • De-Xian Wang,
  • Qi-Qiang Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20081-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Xenon binding carries potential for xenon separation and emerging applications in magnetic resonance imaging. Here, the authors report a rare example of a tight yet soft capsule, assembled from two chiral bisurea-bisthiourea macrocycle components, that can efficiently and adaptively bind xenon in both the solid state and solution.