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McLean, A.; Sala, R. L.; Longbottom, B. W.; Carr, A. R.; McCune, J. A.; Lee, S. F.; Scherman, O. A.;  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c00611 (read here)

Das, D.; Das, T.; Debnath, S.; Scherman, O. A.; Das, D.; Adv. Opt. Mater., 2024, 12, 2301422. (read here)

Carrington, M. E.; Sokołowski, K.; Jónsson, E.; Zhao, E. W.; Graf, A. M.; Temprano, I.; McCune, J. A.; Grey, C. P.; Scherman, O. A.; "Associative pyridinium electrolytes for air-tolerant redox flow batteries", Nature2023623, 949-955. (read here)

Miotto, M.; Warner, N.; Ruocco, G.; Tartaglia, G. G.; Scherman, O.A., Milanetti, E.; "Osmolyte-Induced Protein Stability Changes Explained by Graph Theory",  arXiv2023, 2305.05038. (read here)

Zaki, J. K.; Tomasik, J.; McCune, J. A.; Scherman, O.A.; Bahn, S.; "Discovery of Urinary Metabolite Biomarkers of Psychiatric Disorders Using Two-Sample Mendelian Randomiztion," medRxiv2023, 2023.09 26.23296078. (read here)

O'Neill, S.J.K.; Huang, Z.; Ahmed, M.H.; Boys, A.J.; Velasco-Bosom, S.; Li, J.; Owens, R.M.; McCune, J.A.; Malliaras, G.; Scherman, O.A. "Tissue-Mimetic Supramolecular Polymer Networks for Bioelectronics." Adv. Mat., 2023, 35, 2207634. (read here)
 
Woodington, B.J.; Coles, L.; Rochford, A.E.; Freeman, P.; Sawiak, S.; O'Neil, S.J.K.; Scherman, O.A.; Barone, D.G.; Proctor, C.M.; Malliaras, G. "X-Ray Markers for Thin Film Implants," Adv. Heathcare Mat., 2022, 11, 2200739. (read here)
 
Chen, X.; Huang, Z.; Sala, R.L.; McLean, A.M.; Wu, G.; Sokołowski, K.; King, K.; McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A. "On-Resin Recognition of Aromatic Oligopeptides and Proteins through Host-Enhanced Heterodimerization," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 8474-8479. (read here)
 
Wang, Z.; Chan, C.L.C.; Haataja, J.S.; Schertel, L.; Li, R.; Van de Kerkhof, G.T.; Scherman, O.A.; Parker, R.M. "Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202206562. (read here)
 
Whitaker, D.J.; Park, J.; Ueda, C.; Wu, G.; Harada, A.; Matsuba, G.; Takashima, Y.; Scherman, O.A. "Water Content and Guest Size Dictate the Mechanical Properties of Cyclodextrin Mediated Hydrogels," Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 5127-5134. (read here)
 
Mommer, S.; Sokołowski, K.; Olesińska M.; Huang, Z.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Encapsulation of Redox-Active Monomers to Enable Free-Radical Polymerisation," Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 8791-8796. (read here)
 
Cruz, M.V.; Shah, D.U.; Warner, N.C.; McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Facile, Energy Efficient Microscale Fibrillation of Polyacrylamides under Ambient Conditions," Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2201577. (read here)
 
Huang, Z.; Chen, X.; O'Neill, S.; Wu, G.; Whitaker, D.J.; Li, J.; McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Highly Compressible Glass-like Supramolecular Polymer Networks," Nat. Mater., 2022, 21, 103-109. (read here)

Warner, N.; Osojnik Crnivec, I.G.; Kumar Rana, V.; Cruz, M.; Scherman, O.A. A Platform Approach to Protein Encapsulates with Controllable Surface Chemistry. Molecules. 2022, 7, 2197. (read here)

Grys, D. B.; de Nijs, B.; Huang, J.; Scherman, O. A.; Bamberg, J. "SERSbot: Revealing the Details of SERS Multianalyte Sensing Using Full Automation", ACS Sens., 2021, 6, 4507–4514. (read here)
 
Sokołowski, K.; Huang, J.; Földes, T.; McCune, J. A.; Xu, D. D.; de Nijs, B.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Collins, S. M.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J. J.; Scherman, O. A. "Nanoparticle Surfactants for Kinetically Arrested Photoactive Assemblies to Track Light-induced Electron Transfer", Nat. Nanotechnol., 2021, 16, 1121–1129. (read here)
 
Chen, X.; Zhuang, Y.; Rampal, N.; Hewitt, R.; Divitini, G.; O'Keefe, C. A.; Liu, X.; Whitaker, D. J.; Willis, J. W.; Jugdaohsingh, R.; Powell, J. J.; Yu, H.; Grey, C. P.; Scherman, O. A.; Fairen-Jimienez, D. "Formulation of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Drug Carriers by Controlled Coordination of Methoxy PEG Phosphate: Boosting Colloidal Stability and Redispersibility", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 13557–13572. (read here)

Parkins, C. C.; McAbee, J. H.; Ruff, L.; Wendler, A.; Mair, R.; Gilbertson, R. J.; Watts, C.; Scherman, O. A. "Mechanically Matching the Rheological Properties of Brain Tissue for Drug-Delivery in Human Glioblastoma Models", Biomaterials, 2021, 276, 120919. (read here)
 
Grys, D.-B.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Kamp, M.; Scherman, O. A.; Baumberg, J. J.; de Nijs, B. "Eliminating Irreproducibility in SERS Substrates", J. Raman Spectrosc., 2021, 52, 412–419. (read here)
 
Sahm, C. D.; Mates-Torres, E.; Eliasson, N.; Sokolowski, K.; Wagner, A.; Dalle, K. E.; Huang, Z.; Scherman, O. A.; Hammarström, L.; Garcia-Melchor, M.; Reisner, E. "Imidazolium-modification enables enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction on ZnSe quantum dots", Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 9078–9087. (read here)
 
Clarke, D.; Wu, G.; Wu, C.; Scherman, O. A. "Host-Guest Induced Peptide Folding with Sequence-Specific Structural Chirality", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 6323–6327. (read here)
 
Kamp, M.; de Nijs, B.; Baumberg, J. J.; Scherman, O. A. "Contact Angle as a Powerful Tool in Anisotropic Colloid Synthesis", J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2021, 581, 417–426. (read here)
 
Huang, J.; Ojambati, O. S.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Sokolowski, K.; Wan, Q.; Durkan, C.; Scherman, O. A.; Baumberg, J. "Plasmon-induced Trap State Emission from Single Quantum Dots", Phys. Rev. Lett., 2021, 126, 047402. (read here)

Burridge, H. C.; Shah, S. M. K.; Reynolds, T. P. S.; Wu, G.; Shah, D. U.; Scherman, O. A.; Ramage, M. H.; Linden, P. F.; Pini, R. "Identifying Efficient Transport Pathways in Early-Wood Timber", Transport Porous Med., 2021, 136, 813–830. (read here)
 
Whitaker, D. J.; Huang, Z.; Longbottom, B.; Sala, R. L.; Wu, G.; Scherman, O. A. "Supramolecular Hydrogels Prepared From Fluorescent Alkyl Pyridinium Acrylamide Monomers and CB[8]", Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 519–525. (read here)
 
Knappert, M.; Jin, T.; Midgley, S.; Wu, G.; Scherman, O. A.; Grau-Crespo, R.; Colquhoun, H. M. "Single-Site Binding of Pyrene to Poly(ester-Imide)s Incorporating Long Spacer Units: Prediction of NMR Resonance-Patterns from a Fractal Model", Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 12165–12177. (read here)

Berta, D.; Szabó, I.; Scherman, O. A.; Rosta, E. "Toward Understanding CB[7]-based Supramolecular Diels-Alder Catalysis", Front. Chem., 2020, 8, 985. (read here)

Ojambati, O.; Deacon, W.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Readman, C.; Lin, Q.; Koczor-Benda, Z.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O. A.; Baumberg, J. "Breaking the Selection Rules of Spin-Forbidden Molecular Absorption in Plasmonic Nanocavities", ACS Photonics, 2020, 9, 2337–2342. (read here)

Grys, D-B.; de Nijs, B.; Salmon, A.; Huang, J.; Wang, W.; Chen, W-H.; Scherman, O. A.; Baumberg, J. "Citrate Coordination and Bridging of Gold Nanoparticles: The Role of Gold Adatoms in AuNP Ageing", ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 8689–8696. (read here)

Tabet, A.; Gebhart, T.; Wu, G.; Readman, C.; Smela, M. P.; Rana, V. K.; Baker, C.; Bulstrode, H.; Anikeeva, P.; Rowitch, D. H.; Scherman, O. A. "Applying Support-Vector Machine Learning Algorithms towards Predicting Host-Guest Interactions with Cucurbit[7]uril", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 14976–14982. (read here)

Wu, G.; Huang, Z.; Scherman, O. A.; "Quantitative Supramolecular Heterodimerization for Efficient Energy Transfer", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 15963–15967. (read here)

McCune, J. A.; Kuehnel, M. F.; Reisner, E.; Scherman, O. A.; "Stimuli Mediated Ultrastable Radical Formation", Chem, 2020, 6, 1819–1830. (read here)

de Nijs, B.; Kongsuwan, N.; Saba, M.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Readman, C. A.; Deacon, W. M.; Griffiths, J. P.; Barrow, S. J.; Ojambati, O. S.; Wright, D. A.; Huang, J.; Hess, O.; Scherman, O. A.; Baumberg, J. J.; Kamp, M. "Cascaded Nano-Optics to Probe Microsecond Atomic Scale Phenomena", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2020, 26, 14819–14826. (read here)

Huang, Z.; Chen, X.; Wu, G.; Metrangolo, P.; Whitaker, D.; McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A. “Host- Enhanced Phenyl-Perfluorophenyl Polar-π Interactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 7356–7361. (read here)

Das, B.K.; Pramanik, B.; Chowdhuri, S.; Scherman, O.A.; Das, D. "Light-Triggered Syneresis of a Water Insoluable Peptide-Hydrogel Effectively Removes Small Molecule Waste Contaminants", Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 3393–3396. (read here)

Barrow, S.J.; Palmer, A.; de Nijs, B.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Bowman, R.W.; Baumberg, J. J.; Scherman, O.A. "Nanometer Control in Plasmonic Systems Through Discrete Layer-By-Layer Macrocycle-Cation Deposition", Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 8706–8710. (read here)

McCune, J.A.; Mommer, S.; Parkins, C.C; Scherman, O.A. "Design Principles for Aqueous Interactive Materials: Lessons from Small Molecules and Stimuli-Responsive Systems", Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 1906890. (read here)

Meng, Z.; Liu, J.; Yu, Z.; Zhou, H.; Deng, X.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Viscoelastic Hydrogel Microfibers Exploiting Cucurbit[8]uril Host–Guest Chemistry and Microfluidics", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 17929–17935. (read here)

Erdem, T.; Lan, Y.; Xu, P.; Altintas, Y.; O'Neil, T.; Caciagli, A.; Ducati, C.; Mutlugun, E.; Scherman, O.A.; Eiser, E. "Transparent Films Made of Highly Scattering Particles", Langmuir, 2020, 36, 911–918. (read here)

Wu, G.; Bae, Y.J.; Olesińska, M.; Antón-Garćıa, D.; Szabó, I.; Rosta, E.; Wasielewski, M.R.; Scherman, O.A. "Controlling the Structure and Photophysics of Fluorophore Dimers Using Multiple Cucurbit[8]uril Clampings", Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 812–825. (read here)

Wagner, A.; Hoang Ly, K.; Heidary, N.; Szabó, I.; Földes, T.; Assaf, K.I.; Barrow, S.J.; Sokolowski, K.; Al-Hada, M.; Kornienko, N.; Kuehnel, M.F.; Rosta, E.; Zebger, I.; Nau W.M.; Scherman, O.A.; Reisner, E. "Host-Guest Chemistry Meets Electrocatalysis: Cucurbit[6]uril on a Au Surface as Hybrid System in CO2 Reduction", ACS. Catal., 2020, 10, 751–761. (read here)

Rana, V.K.; Tabet, A.; Vigil, J.A.; Balzer, C.J.; Narkevicius, A.; Finlay, J.; Hallou, C.; Rowitch, D.H.; Bulstrode, H.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril-Derived Graphene Hydrogels", ACS Macro Lett., 2019, 8, 1629–1634. (read here)

Müller, K.H.; Hayward, R.; Rajan, R.; Whitehead, M.; Cobb, A.M.; Ahmad, S.; Sun, M.; Goldberga, L.; Li, R.; Bashtanova, U.; Puszkarska, A.M.; Reid, D.G.; Brooks, R.A.; Skepper, J.N.; Bordoloi, J.; Chow, W.Y.; Oschkinat, H.; Groombridge, A.; Scherman, O.A.; Harrison, J.A.; Verhulst, A.; D'Haese, P.C.; Neven, E.; Needham, L.M.; Lee, S.F.; Shanahan, C.M.; Duer, M.J. "Poly (ADP-ribose) Links the DNA Damage Response and Biomineralization", Cell Rep., 2019, 27, 3124–3138. (read here)

Barrio, J.; Liu, J.; Brady, R.A.; Tan, C.S.; Chiodini, S.; Ricci, M.; Fernández-Leiro, R.; Tsai, C.J.; Vasileiadi, P.; Michele, L.D.; Lairez, D.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Emerging Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Cucurbit[8]uril Complexes: From Supramolecular Polymers to Nanofibers", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 14021–14025. (read here)

de Nijs, B.; Carnegie, C.; Szabó, I.; Grys, D.B.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Kamp, M.; Barrow, S.J.; Readman, C.A.; Kleemann, M.E.; Scherman, O.A.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J.J. "Inhibiting Analyte Theft in Surface- Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates: Subnanomolar Quantitative Drug Detection", ACS Sens., 2019, 4, 2988–2996. (read here)

Hoogland, D.; Liu, J.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril-based Polymeric Materials", Chapter 14 in Cucurbiturils and Related Macrocycles; Kim, K., Ed. 2019, Roy. Soc. Chem., 407–425. (read here)

King, K.; Sokołowski, K.; Ren, X.; Scherman, O.A. "Functionalisation and Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles Through Cucurbit[n]uril-Based Binding Motifs", Chapter 13 in Cucurbiturils and Related Macrocycles; Kim, K., Ed. 2019, Roy. Soc. Chem., 362–406. (read here)

Burridge, H.C.; Wu, G.; Reynolds, T.; Shah, D.; Johnston, R.; Scherman, O.A.; Ramage, M.; Linden, P. "The Transport of Liquids in Softwood: Timber as a Model Porous Medium", Sci. Rep., 2019, 9, 20282 (read here)

Tabet, A.; Mommer, S.; Vigil, J.; Hallou, C.; Bulstrode, H.; Scherman, O.A. "Mechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissue and Soft Dynamic Gels Exhibiting Electromechanical Neuro-Mimicry", Adv. Healthc. Mater., 2019, 8, 1900068. (read here)

Readman, C.; de Nijs, B.; Szabó, I.; Demetriadou, A.; Greenhalgh, R.; Durkan, C.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J. "Anomalously Large Spectral Shifts Near the Quantum Tunnelling Limit in Plasmonic Rulers with Subatomic Resolution", Nano. Lett., 2019, 19, 2051–2058. (read here)

Knappert, M.; Jin, T.; Midgley, S.; Wu, G.; Scherman, O.A.; Grau-Crespo, R.; Colquhoun, H.M. "Supramolecular Complexation Between Chain-Folding Poly (Ester-Imide) S and Polycyclic Aromatics: A Fractal-Based Pattern of NMR Ring-Current Shielding", Polym. Chem., 2019, 48, 6641–6650. (read here)

Wu, G.; Szabó, I.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril-Mediated Pseudo [2, 3] Rotaxanes", Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 13227–13230. (read here)

Barrow, S.J.; Assaf, K.I.; Palma, A.; Nau, W.M.; Scherman, O.A. "Preferential Binding of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons in Aryl-Bisimidazolium·Cucurbit[8]uril Complexes Furbishes Evidence for Small-Molecule Interactions", Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 10240–10246. (read here)

Walsh-Korb, Z.; Janeček, E.M.; Jones, M.; Averous, L.; Scherman, O.A. "New Consolidants for the Conservation of Archeological Wood", Chapter 3 in Heritage Wood; Nevin, A.; Sawicki, M., Ed. 2019, Springer International Publishing, 65–77. (read here)

Olesińska, M.; Wu, G.; Gómez-Cola, S.; Antón-Garćıa, D.; Szabó, I.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Modular Supramolecular Dimerization of Optically Tunable Extended Aryl Viologens", Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 8806–8811. (read here)

Clarke, D. E.; Olesińska, M.; Mönch, T.; Schoenaers, B.; Stesmans, A.; Scherman, O.A. "Aryl-Viologen Pentapeptide Self-Assembled Conductive Nanofibers", Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 7354–7357. (read here)

Lan, Y.; Liu, J.; Eiser, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Polymeric Raspberry-Like Particles via Template-Assisted Polymerisation", Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 6689–6700. (read here)

Wu, G.; Clarke, D.E.; Wu, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Oligopeptide-CB[8] Complexation with Switchable Binding Pathways", Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 3514–3520. (read here)

Tabet, A.; Jensen, M.P.; Parkins, C.C.; Patil, P.G.; Watts, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Designing Next-Generation Local Drug Delivery Vehicles for Glioblastoma Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Lessons from the Clinic", Adv. Healthc. Mater., 2019, 8, 1801391. (read here)

Tabet, A.; Forster, R.A.; Parkins, C.C.; Wu, G.; Scherman, O.A. "Modulating Stiffness with Photo-Switchable Supramolecular Hydrogels", Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 467–472. (read here)

Qiao, H.; Jia, J.; Chen, W.; Di, B.; Scherman, O.A.; Hu, C. "Magnetic Regulation of Thermo-Chemotherapy from a Cucurbit[7]uril-Crosslinked Hybrid Hydrogel", Adv. Healthc. Mater., 2019, 8, 1801458. (read here)

Huang, J.; de Nijs, B.; Cormier, S.; Sokołowski, K.; Grys, D-B.; Readman, C.A.; Barrow, S.J.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J. "Plasmon-Induced Optical Control Over Dithionite-Mediated Chemical Redox Reactions", Faraday Discuss., 2018, 214, 455–463. (read here)

Reynolds, T.P.S.; Burridge, H.C.; Johnston, R.; Wu, G.; Shah, D.U.; Scherman, O.A.; Linden, P.F.; Ramage, M.H. "Cell Geometry Across the Ring Structure of Sitka Spruce", J. Roy. Soc. Interface, 2018, 15, 20180144. (read here)

Hu, C.; Liu, J.; Wu, Y.; West, K.R.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril-Regulated Colloidal Dispersions Exhibiting Photocontrolled Rheological Behavior", Small, 2018, 14, 1703352. (read here)

Wang, Y.; Wang, S.; Zhang, S.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J.; Ding, T.; Xu, H. "Plasmon-Directed Polymerization: Regulating Polymer Growth With Light", Nano Research, 2018, 11, 6384. (read here)

Lan, Y.; Caciagli, A.; Guidetti, G.; Yu, Z.; Liu, J.; Johansen, V.E.; Kamp, M.; Abell, C.; Vignolini, S.; Scherman, O.A.; Eiser, E. "Unexpected Stability of Aqueous Dispersions of Raspberry-Like Colloids", Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 3614. (read here)

Ren, X.; Yu, Z.; Wu, Y.; Liu, J.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[7]uril-Based High-Performance Catalytic Microreactors", Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 14835–14839. (read here)

Wu, Y.; Shah, D.U.; Wang, B.; Liu, J.; Ren, X.; Ramage, M.H.; Scherman, O.A. "Biomimetic Supramolecular Fibers Exhibit Water-Induced Supercontraction", Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, 1707169. (read here)

Williams, P.; Walsh-Korb, Z.; Jones, S.; Lan, Y.; Scherman, O.A. "Stress Dissipation in Cucurbit[8]uril Ternary Complex Small Molecule Adhesives", Langmuir, 2018, 34 ,13104–13109. (read here)

Clarke, D.E.; Parmenter, C.D.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Tunable Pentapeptide Self-Assembled β-Sheet Hy- drogels", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 7709–7713. (read here)

Sharma, B.; Shah, D.U.; Beaugrand, J.; Janeček, E.R.; Scherman, O.A.; Ramage, M.H. "Chemical Composition of Processed Bamboo for Structural Applications", Cellulose, 2018, 25, 3255–3266. (read here)

Liu, J.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[n]uril Supramolecular Hydrogel Networks as Tough and Healable Adhesives", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1800848. (read here)

Rowland, M.J.; Parkins, C.C.; McAbee, J.H.; Kolb, A.K.; Hein, R.; Loh, X.J.; Watts, C.; Scherman, O.A. "An Adherent Tissue-inspired Hydrogel Delivery Vehicle Utilised in Primary Human Glioma Models", Biomaterials, 2018, 179, 199–208. (read here)

Zhang, J .; Liu, J.; Yu, Z.; Chen, S.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell C. "Patterned Arrays of Supramolecular Microcapsules", Adv. Funct. Mat., 2018, 28, 1800550. (read here)

Liu, J.; Tan, C.S.Y.; Scherman, O.A. "Dynamic Interfacial Adhesion Through Cucurbit[n]uril Molecular Recognition", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 8854–8858. (read here)

Gilmore, M.; Moura, L.M.; Turner, A.H.; Swadźba-Kwaśny, M.; Callear, S.K.; McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A.; Holbrey, J.D. "A Comparison of Choline: Urea and Choline: Oxalic Acid Deep Eutectic Solvents at 338 K", J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 48, 193 (read here)

Carnegie, C.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Benz, F.; de Nijs, B.; Deacon, W.M.; Horton, M.; Wang, W.; Readman, C.A.; Barrow, S.J.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg J.J. "Mapping SERS in CB:Au Plasmonic Nanoaggregates", ACS Photonics, 2017, 4, 2681–2686. (read here)

Cieslak, A.M.; Janeček, E.R.; Sokołowski, K.; Ratajczyk, T.; Leszczynski, M.K.; Scherman, O.A.; Lewinski, J. "Photo-induced Interfacial Electron Transfer of ZnO Nanocrystals to Control Supramolecular Assembly in Water", Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 16128–16132. (read here)

de Nijs, B.; Benz, F.; Barrow, S.J.; Sigle, D.O.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Palma, A.; Carnegie, C.; Kamp, M. Sundararaman, R.; Narang, P.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J. "Plasmonic Tunnel Junctions for Single- Molecule Redox Chemistry", Nat. Commun., 2017, 8, 994. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Biedermann, F.; Hoogland, D.; del Barrio, J.; Driscoll, M.D.; Hay, S.; Wales, D.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Decoupled Associative and Dissociative Processes in Strong Yet Highly Dynamic Host-Guest Complexes", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 12985–12993. (read here)

Wu, Y.; Shah, D.U.; Liu, C.; Yu, Z.Y.; Liu, J.; Ren, X.; Rowland, M.J.; Abell, C.; Ramage, M.H.; Scherman, O.A. "Bioinspired Supramolecular Fibers Drawn from a Multiphase Self-Assembled Hydrogel", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A2017, 114, 8163–8168. (read here)

Palma, A.; Artelsmair, M.; Wu, G.; Barrow, S.J.; Lu, X.; Uddin, N.; Rosta, E.; Masson, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[7]uril as a Supramolecular Artificial Enzyme for Diels-Alder Reactions", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 5688–15692. (read here)

Liu, J.; Tan, C.S.Y.; Lan, Y.; Scherman, O.A. "Toward a Versatile Toolbox for Cucurbit[n]uril-Based Supramolecular Hydrogel Networks Through in situ Polymerization", J. Polym. Sci. Part A, Polym. Chem., 2017, 55, 3105–3109. (read here)

Sonzini, S.; McCune, J.A.; Ravn, P.; Scherman, O.A.; van der Walle, C.F. "A Simple Supramolecular Assay for Drug Detection in Urine", Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 8842–8845. (read here)

McCune, J.A.; Kunz, S.; Olesińska, M.; Scherman, O.A. "DESolution of CD and CB Macrocycles", Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 8601–8604. (read here)

Liu, J.; Tan, C.S.Y.; Yu, Z.Y.; Li, N.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Tough Supramolecular Polymer Networks with Extreme Stretchability and Fast Room-Temperature Self-Healing", Adv. Mater.2017, 29, 1605325. (read here)

Ding, T.; Mertens, J.; Lombardi, A.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J. "Light-Directed Tuning of Plasmon Resonances via Plasmon-Induced Polymerization Using Hot Electrons", ACS Photonics, 2017, 4, 1453–1458. (read here)

Ramage, M.H.; Burridge, H.; Busse-Wicher, M.; Fereday, G.; Reynolds, T.; Shah, D.U.; Wu, G.; Yu, L.; Fleming, P.; Densley-Tingley, D.; Allwood, J.; Dupree, P.; Linden, P.F.; Scherman, O.A. "The Wood from the Trees: The Use of Timber in Construction", Renew. Sustainable Energy Rev., 2017, 68, 333–359. (read here)

Liu, J.; Tan, C.S.Y.; Yu, Z.Y.; Lan, Y.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Biomimetic Supramolecular Polymer Networks Exhibiting Both Toughness and Self-Recovery", Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1604951. (read here)

Janeček, E.R.; Walsh-Korb, Z.; Bargigia, I.; Farina, A.; Ramage, M.H.; D'Andrea, C.; Nevin, A.; Pifferi, A.; Scherman, O.A. "Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy for the in situ Characterization of Methacrylate Monomer Flow within Spruce", Wood Sci. Technol., 2017, 51, 227–242. (read here)

Wu, G.; Olesińska, M.; Wu, Y.; Matak-Vinkovic, D.; Scherman, O.A. "Mining 2:2 Complexes from 1:1 Stoichiometry: Formation of Cucurbit[8]uril-Diarylviologen Quaternary Complexes Favored by Electron-Donating Substituents", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 3202–3208. (read here)

Walsh-Korb, Z.; Yu, Y.; Janeček, E.R.; Lang, Y.; del Barrio, J.; Williams, P.E.; Zhang, X.; Scherman, O.A. "Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy Quantification of Adhesive Forces in Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Ternary Complexes", Langmuir, 2017, 33, 1343–1350. (read here)

Tan, C.S.Y.; Agmon, G.; Liu, J.; Hoogland, D.; Janeček, E.R.; Appel, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Distinguishing Relaxation Dynamics in Transiently Crosslinked Polymeric Networks", Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 5336–5343. (read here)

Liu, J.; Lan, Y.; Yu, Z.Y.; Tan, C.S.Y.; Parker, R.M.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[n]uril-Based Microcapsules Self-Assembled within Microfluidic Droplets: A Versatile Approach for Supramolecular Architectures and Materials", Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50, 208–217. (read here)

Wu, G.; Shah, D.U.; Janeček, E.R.; Burridge, H.C.; Reynolds, T.P.S.; Fleming, P.H.; Linden, P.F.; Ramage, M.H.; Scherman, O.A. "Predicting the Pore-Filling Ratio in Lumen-Impregnated Wood", Wood Sci. Technol., 2017, 51, 1–14. (read here)

Walsh, Z.; Janeček, E.R.; Jones, M.; Scherman, O.A. "Natural Polymers as Alternative Consolidants for the Preservation of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood", Stud. Conserv., 2017, 62, 173–183. (read here)

McCune, J.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[n]urils", Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II 2017; Atwood, J.; Elsevier-Ltd, ISBN: 9780128031988. (read here)

Groombridge, A.S.; Palma, A.; Parker, R.M.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Aqueous Interfacial Gels Assembled from Small Molecule Supramolecular Polymers", Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 1350–1355. (read here)

McCune, J.A.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Modulating the Oxidation of Cucurbit[n]urils", Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 15, 998–1005. (read here)

Sonzini, S.; Stanyon, H.F.; Scherman, O.A. "Decreasing Amyloid Toxicity Through an Increased Rate of Aggregation", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 1458–1465. (read here)

de Nijs, B.; Kamp, M.; Szabo, I.; Barrow, S.J.; Benz, F.; Wu, G.; Carnegie, C.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Wang, W.; Deacon, W.M.; Rosta, E.; Baumberg, J.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Smart Supramolecular Sensing with Cucurbit[n]urils: Probing Hydrogen Bonding with SERS", Faraday Discuss., 2017, 205, 505–515. (read here)

Ryan, S.T.J.; del Barrio, J.; Suardiaz, R.; Ryan, D.F.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A. "A Dynamic and Responsive Host in Action: Light-Controlled Molecular Encapsulation", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 16096–16100. (read here)

Huang, Z.H.; Qin, K.; Deng, G.; Wu, G.L.; Bai, Y.H.; Xu, J.F.; Wang, Z.Q.; Yu, Z.W.; Scherman, O.A.; Zhang, X. "Supramolecular Chemistry of Cucurbiturils: Tuning Cooperativity with Multiple Noncovalent Interactions from Positive to Negative", Langmuir, 2016, 32, 12352–12360. (read here)

Sonzini, S.; Marcozzi, A.; Gubeli, R.J.; van der Walle, C.F.; Ravn, P.; Herrmann, A.; Scherman, O.A. "High Affinity Recognition of a Selected Amino Acid Epitope within a Protein by Cucurbit[8]uril Complexation", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 14000–14004. (read here)

Salmon, A.R.; Parker, R.M.; Groombridge, A.S.; Maestro, A.; Coulston, R.J.; Hegemann, J.; Kierfeld, J.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "Microcapsule Buckling Triggered by Compression-Induced Interfacial Phase Change", Langmuir, 2016, 32, 10987–10994. (read here)

Ren, X.; Wu, Y.; Clarke, D.E.; Liu, J.; Wu, G.; Scherman, O.A. "Surface-Bound Cucurbit[8]uril Catenanes on Magnetic Nanoparticles Exhibiting Molecular Recognition", Chem. Asian. J., 2016, 11, 2382–2386. (read here)

Chikkaraddy, R.; de Nijs, B.; Benz, F.; Barrow, S.J.; Scherman, O.A.; Rosta, E.; Demetriadou, A.; Fox, P.; Hess, O.; Baumberg, J.J. "Single-Molecule Strong Coupling at Room Temperature in Plasmonic Nanocavities", Nature, 2016, 535, 127–130. (read here)

Ding, T.; Valev, V.K.; Salmon, A.R.; Forman, C.J.; Smoukov, S.K.; Scherman, O.A.; Frenkel, D.; Baumberg, J.J. "Light-Induced Actuating Nanotransducers", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 2016, 113, 5503–5507. (read here)

Yu, Z.Y.; Zheng, Y.; Parker, R.M.; Lan, Y.; Wu, Y.; Coulston, R.J.; Zhang, J.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "Microfluidic Droplet-Facilitated Hierarchical Assembly for Dual Cargo Loading and Synergistic Delivery", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 8811–8820. (read here)

Salmon, A.R.; Esteban, R.; Taylor, R.W.; Hugall, J.T.; Smith, C.A.; Whyte, G.; Scherman, O.A.; Aizpuru, J.; Abell, C.; Baumberg, J.J. "Monitoring Early-Stage Nanoparticle Assembly in Microdroplets by Optical Spectroscopy and SERS", Small, 2016, 12, 1788–1796. (read here)

Jones, S.T.; Walsh-Korb, Z.; Barrow, S.J.; Henderson, S.L.; del Barrio, J.; Scherman, O.A. "The Importance of Excess Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) for the Aggregation of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Coated Gold Nanoparticles", ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 3158–3165. (read here)

Liu, J.; Tan, C.S.Y.; Lan, Y.; Scherman, O.A. "Aqueous Polymer Self-Assembly Based on Cucurbit[n]uril-Mediated Host-Guest Interactions", Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2016, 217, 319–332. (read here)

Hamdan, L.; Abdel-Maksoud, K.; Radia, R.; Boodram, J.; Man, K.Y.; McGregor, I.; Munteanu, C.; Muthu, K.; Poddar, J.; Roberts, J.; Sadler, S.; Siddiqi, N.; Tam, S.; Andreou, A.; Scherman, O.A.; Rosta, E. "Deviation from the Anti-Markovnikov Rule: A Computational Study of the Regio- and Stereoselectivity of Diene Hydroboration Reactions", Theor. Chem. Acc., 2016, 135, 13. (read here)

Yu, Z.; Lan, Y.; Parker, R.M.; Zhang, W.; Deng, X.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "Dual-Responsive Supramolecular Colloidal Microcapsules from Cucurbit[8]uril Molecular Recognition in Microfluidic Droplets", Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 5996–6002. (read here)

Liu, C.; Xiang, G.; Wu, Y.; Barrow, S.J.; Rowland, M.J.; Clarke, D.E.; Wu, G.; Scherman, O.A. "Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Supramolecular Hydrogel Reinforced with CePO4 Nanowires", Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 6485–6489. (read here)

Hu, C.; West, K.R.; Scherman, O.A. "Hollow Mesoporous Raspberry-Like Colloids with Removable Caps as Photoresponsive Nanocontainers", Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 7840–7844. (read here)

Gubeli, R.J.; Sonzini, S.; Podmore, A.; Ravn, P.; Scherman, O.A.; van der Walle, C.F. "Selective, Non-Covalent Conjugation of Synthetic Peptides with Recombinant Proteins Mediated by Host-Guest Chemistry", Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4235–4238. (read here)

Del Barrio, J.; Ryan, S.T.J.; Jambrina, P.G.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Light-Regulated Molecular Trafficking in a Synthetic Water-Soluble Host", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 5745–5748. (read here)

Sigle, D.O.; Kasera, S.; Herrmann, L.O.; Palma, A.; de Nijs, B.; Benz, F.; Mahajan, S.; Baumberg, J.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Observing Single Molecules Complexing with Cucurbit[7]uril Through Nanogap-SERS", J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7, 704–710. (read here)

Wybrańska, K.; Paczesny, J.; Serejiko, K.; Sura, K.; Włodyga, K.; Dziecielewski, I.; Jones, S.T.; Sliwa, A.; Wybrańska, I.; Hołyst, R.; Scherman, O.A.; Fiałkowski, M. "Gold–Oxoborate Nanocomposites and Their Biomedical Applications", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 3931–3939. (read here)

Parker, R.M.; Zhang, J.; Coulston, R.J.; Smith, C.A.; Salmon, A.R.; Yu, Z.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "Electrostatically Directed Self-Assembly of Ultrathin Supramolecular Polymer Microcapsules", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2015, 25, 4091–4100. (read here)

King, T.C.; Matthews, P.D.; Glass, H.; Cormack, J.A.; Holgado, J.P.; Leskes, M.; Griffin, J.M.; Scherman, O.A.; Barker, P.D.; Grey, C.P.; Dutton, S.E.; Lambert, R.M.; Tustin, G.; Alavi, A.; Wright, D.S. "Theory and Practice: Bulk Synthesis of C3B and its H2– and Li–Storage Capacity", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2015, 54, 5919–5923. (read here)

Rowland, M.J.; Atgie, M.; Hoogland, D.; Scherman, O.A. "Preparation and Supramolecular Recognition of Multivalent Peptide–Polysaccharide Conjugates by Cucurbit[8]uril in Hydrogel Formation", Biomacromolecules, 2015, 16, 2436–2443. (read here)

Hu, C.; Lan, Y.; West, K.R.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril–Regulated Nanopatterning of Binary Polymer Brushes via Colloidal Templating", Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 7957–7962. (read here)

Ryan, S.T.J.; Young, R.M.; Henkelis, J.J.; Hafezi, N.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Hennig, A.; Dale, E.D.; Wu, Y.; Krzyaniak, M.D.; Fox, A.; Nau, W.M.; Wasielewki, M. R.; Stoddart, J.F.; Scherman, O.A. "Energy and Electron Transfer Dynamics Within a Series of Perylene Diimide/Cyclophane Systems", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 15299–15307. (read here)

Barrow, S.J.; Kasera, S.; Rowland, M.J.; del Barrio, J.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbituril-Based Molecular Recognition", Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 12320–12406. (read here)

Zheng, L.; Sonzini, S.; Ambarwati, M.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A.; Herrmann, A. "Turning Cucurbit[8]uril into a Supramolecular Nanoreactor for Asymmetric Catalysis", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 13007–13011. (read here)

Xu, X.; Tian, F.; Liu, X.; Parker, R.M.; Lan, Y.; Yu, Z.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "Supracolloidal Architectures Self-Assembled in Microdroplets", Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 15516–15519. (read here)

Xu, X.; Appel, E.A.; Liu, X.; Parker, R.M.; Scherman, O.A. "Formation of Cucurbit[8]uril-based Supramolecular Hydrogel Beads Using Droplet-Based Microfluidics", Biomacromolecules, 2015, 16, 2743–2749. (read here)

Li, C.; Rowland, M.J.; Shao, Y.; Cao, T.; Chen, C.; Jia, H.; Zhou, X.; Yang, Z.; Scherman, O.A.; Liu, D. "Responsive Double Network Hydrogels of Interpenetrating DNA and CB[8] Host-Guest Supramolecular Systems", Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 3298–3304. (read here)

Williams, P.E.; Appel, E.A.; Jones, S.T.; del Barrio, J.; Lan, Y.; Scherman, O.A. "A Facile Method for the Stain-Free Visualization of Hierarchical Structures with Electron Microscopy", Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 842–845. (read here)

Janeček, E.R.; McKee, J.R.; Tan, C.S.Y.; Nykanen, A.; Kettunen, M.; Laine, J.; Ikkala, O.; Scherman, O.A. "Hybrid Supramolecular and Colloidal Hydrogels Bridging Multiple Length Scales", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5383–5388. (read here)

Williams, P.E.; Jones, S.T.; Walsh, Z.; Appel, E.A.; Abo-Hamed, E.K.; Scherman, O.A. "Synthesis of Conducting Polymer-Metal Nanoparticle Hybrids Exploiting RAFT Polymerization", ACS Macro Lett., 2015, 4, 255–259. (read here)

Tan, C.S.Y.; del Barrio, J.; Liu, J.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Polymer Networks Based on Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Interactions as Aqueous Photo-rheological Fluids", Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 7652–7657. (read here)

Andreou, A.; Leskes, M.; Jambrina, P.G.; Tustin, G.J.; Grey, C.P.; Rosta, E.; Scherman, O.A. "Divergence from the Classical Hydroboration Reactivity: Boron Containing Materials Through a Hydroboration Cascade of Small Cyclic Dienes", Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 6262–6269. (read here)

Hu, C.; Tian, F.; Zheng, Y.; Tan, C.S.Y.; West, K.R.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril Directed Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Polymer Brushes for Dynamic Surface Engineering", Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 5303–5310. (read here)

Wu, Y.; Lan, Y.; Liu, J.; Scherman, O.A. "Catalytic Polymeric Nanocomposites via Cucurbit[n]uril Host-Guest Interactions", Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 13416–13419. (read here)

Yu, Z.; Zhang, J.; Coulston, R.J.; Parker, R.M.; Biedermann, F.; Liu, X.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "Supramolecular Hydrogel Microcapsules via Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Interactions with Triggered and UV-Controlled Molecular Permeability", Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 4929–4933. (read here)

Hu, C.; Zheng, Y.; Yu, Z.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Surface-Immobilized Micelles via Cucurbit[8]uril-rotaxanes for Solvent-Induced Burst Release", Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 4858–4860. (read here)

Sonzini, S.; Jones, S.T.; Walsh, Z.; Scherman, O.A. "Simple Fluorinated Moiety Insertion on Aβ16-23 Peptide for Stain-free TEM Imaging", Analyst, 2015, 140, 2735–2740. (read here)

de Nijs, B.; Bowman, R.W.; Herrmann, L.O.; Benz, F.; Barrow, S.J.; Mertens, J.; Sigle, D.O.; Chikkaraddy, R.; Eiden, A.; Ferrari, A.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J. "Unfolding the Contents of Sub-nm Plasmonic Gaps Using Normalising Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy", Faraday Discuss., 2015, 178, 185–193. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Forster, R.A.; Rowland, M.J.; Scherman, O.A. "The Control of Cargo Release from Physically Crosslinked Hydrogels by Crosslink Dynamics", Biomaterials, 2014, 35, 9897–9903. (read here)

Zheng, Y.; Yu, Z.; Parker, R.M.; Wu, Y.; Abell, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Interfacial Assembly of Dendritic Microcapsules with Host-Guest Chemistry", Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 5772. (read here)

Nuzzo, J.A.; Scherman, O.A.; Mazzei, P.; Piccolo, A. "pH-Controlled Release of Auxin Plant Hormones from Cucurbit[7]uril Macrocycle", Chem. Biol. Technol. Agric., 2014, 1, 1–8. (read here)

Kasera, S.; Herrmann, L.O.; del Barrio, J.; Baumberg, J.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Quantitative Multiplexing with Nano-Self-Assemblies in SERS", Sci. Rep., 2014, 4, 6785. (read here)

Walsh, Z.; Janecek, E.R.; Hodgkinson, J.T.; Sedlmair, J.; Koutsioubas, A.; Spring, D.R.; Welch, M.; Hirschmugl, C.J.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Nitschke, J.R.; Jones, M.; Scherman, O.A. "Multi-Functional Supramolecular Polymer Networks as Next Generation Consolidants for Archaeological Wood Conservation", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2014, 111, 17743–17748. (read here)

Jones, S.T.; Taylor, R.W.; Esteban, R.; Abo-Hamed, E.K.; Bomans, P.H.; Sommerdijk, N.A.; Aizpurua, J.; Baumberg, J.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Gold Nanorods with Sub-Nanometer Separation Using Cucurbit[n]uril for SERS Applications", Small, 2014, 10, 4298–4303. (read here)

Herrmann, L.O.; Valev, V.K.; Tserkezis, C.; Barnard, J.S.; Kasera, S.; Scherman, O.A.; Aizpurua, J.; Baumberg, J.J. "Threading Plasmonic Nanoparticle Strings with Light", Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 4568. (read here)

Hu, C.; Lan, Y.; Tian, F.; West, K.R.; Scherman, O.A. "Facile Method for Preparing Surface-Mounted Cucurbit[8]uril-Based Rotaxanes", Langmuir, 2014, 30, 10926–10932. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Forster, R.A.; Koutsioubas, A.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Activation Energies Control the Macroscopic Properties of Physically Cross-Linked Materials", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 10038–10043. (read here)

Asil, D.; Foster, J.A.; Patra, A.; de Hatten, X.; del Barrio, J.; Scherman, O.A.; Nitschke, J.R.; Friend, R.H. "Temperature and Voltage-Induced Ligand Rearrangement of a Dynamic Electroluminescent Metallopolymer", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 8388–8391. (read here)

Ryan, S.T.; del Barrio, J.; Ghosh, I.; Biedermann, F.; Lazar, A.I.; Lan, Y.; Coulston, R.J.; Nau, W.M.; Scherman, O.A. "Efficient Host-Guest Energy Transfer in Polycationic Cyclophane-Perylene Diimide Complexes in Water", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 9053–9060. (read here)

Huang, Z.; Yang, L.; Liu, Y.; Wang, Z.; Scherman, O.A.; Zhang, X. "Supramolecular Polymerization Promoted and Controlled Through Self-Sorting", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 5351–5355. (read here)

Stephenson, G.; Parker, R.M.; Lan, Y.; Zu, Y.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "Supramolecular Colloidosomes: Fabrication, Characterisation, and Triggered Release of Cargo", Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7048–7051. (read here)

Abo-Hamed, E.K.; Pennycook, T.; Vaynzof, Y.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Koutsioubas, A.; Scherman, O.A. "Highly Active Metastable Ruthenium Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Production Through the Catalytic Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane", Small, 2014, 10, 3145–3152. (read here)

Yang, H.; Yuan, B.; Zhang, X.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Chemistry at Interfaces: Host-Guest Interactions for Fabricating Multifunctional Biointerfaces", Acc. Chem. Res., 2014, 47, 2106–2115. (read here)

Biedermann, F.; Ross, I.; Scherman, O.A. "Host-Guest Accelerated Photodimerisation of Anthracene-Labeled Macromolecules in Water", Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 5375–5382. (read here)

McKee, J.R.; Appel, E.A.; Seitsonen, J.; Kontturi, E.; Scherman, O.A.; Ikkala, O. "Rapidly Healable, Temporally Stable and Stiff Hydrogels: Combining Conflicting Properties Using Highly Dynamic and Selective Three-Component Recognition with Reinforcing Cellulose Nanorods", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2014, 24, 2706–2713. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Gluing Gels: A Nanoparticle Solution", Nat. Mater., 2014, 13, 231–232. (read here)

Kasera, S.; Walsh, Z.; del Barrio, J.; Scherman, O.A. "A Selective Supramolecular Photochemical Sensor for Dopamine", Supramolecular Chemistry, 2014, 26, 280–285. (read here)

del Barrio, J.; Blasco, E.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Koutsiubas, A.; Scherman, O.A.; Oriol, L.; Sanchez-Somolinos, C. "Self-Assembly and Photoinduced Optical Anisotropy in Dendronized Supramolecular Azopolymers", Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 897–906. (read here)

Lan, Y.; Wu, Y.; Karas, A.; Scherman, O.A. "Photo-Responsive Hybrid Raspberry-Like Colloids Based on Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Interactions", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2166–2169. (read here)

Farina, A.; Bargigia, I.; Janecek, E.R.; Walsh, Z.; D’Andrea, C.; Nevin, A.; Ramage, M.; Scherman, O.A.; Pifferi, A. "Nondestructive Optical Detection of Monomer Uptake in Wood Polymer Composites", Optics Lett., 2014, 39, 228–231. (read here)

Loh, X.J.; del Barrio, J.; Lee, T-C.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Polymeric Peptide Amphiphile Vesicles for the Encapsulation of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor", Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3033–3035. (read here)

Taylor, R.W.; Coulston, R.J.; Biedermann, F.; Mahajan, S.; Baumberg, J.J.; Scherman, O.A. "In situ SERS Monitoring of Photochemistry Within a Nanojunction Reactor", Nano Lett., 2013, 13, 5985–5990. (read here)
 
Hüsken N.; Taylor, R.W.; Zigah, D.; Taveau, J.C.; Lambert, O.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J.; Kuhn, A. "Electrokinetic Assembly of One-Dimensional Nanoparticle Chains with Cucurbit[7]uril Controlled Subnanometer Junctions", Nano Lett., 2013, 13, 6016–6022. (read here)

Janecek, E.R.; Rauwald, U.; del Barrio, J.; Cziferszky, M.; Scherman, O.A. "A Facile Route to Viologen Functional Macromolecules Through Azide-Alkyne [3+2] Cycloaddition", Macromol Rapid Commun., 2013, 34, 1547–1553. (read here)
 
del Barrio, J.; Horton, P.N.; Lairez, D.; Lloyd, G.O.; Toprakcioglu, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Photocontrol Over Cucurbit[8]uril Complexes: Stoichiometry and Supramolecular Polymers", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 11760–11763. (read here)
 
Biedermann, F.; Vendruscolo, M.; Scherman, O.A.; De Simone, A.; Nau, W.M. "Cucurbit[8]uril and Blue-Box: High-Energy Water Release Overwhelms Electrostatic Interactions", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 14879–14888. (read here)
 
Loh, X.J.; Scherman, O.A. (Editors) "Polymeric and Self Assembled Hydrogels: From Fundamental Understanding to Applications", Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, ISBN: 9781849735629. (read here)
 
Sonzini, S.; Ryan, S.T.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Dimerisation of Middle-Chain Phe Pentapeptides via CB[8] Host-Guest Homoternary Complex Formation", Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 8779–8781. (read here)
 
Rowland, M.J.; Appel, E.A.; Coulston, R.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Dynamically Crosslinked Materials via Recognition of Amino Acids by Cucurbit[8]uril", J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 2904–2910. (read here)
 
Jones, S.T.; Zayed, J.M.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Alignment of Gold Nanorods via Cucurbit[8]uril Ternary Complex Formation", Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 5299–5302. (read here)

Lee, T-C.; Kalenius, E.; Lazar, A.I.; Assaf, K.I.; Kuhnert, N.; Grün, C.H.; Jänis, J.; Scherman, O.A.; Nau, W.M. "Chemistry Inside Molecular Containers in the Gas Phase", Nat. Chem., 2013, 5, 376–382. (read here)

Taylor, R.W.; Esteban, R.; Mahajan, S.; Coulston, R.J.; Scherman, O.A.; Aizpurua, J.; Baumberg, J.J. "A Simple Composite Dipole Model for the Optical Modes of Strongly-Coupled Plasmonic Nanoparticle Aggregates", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 116, 25044–25051. (read here)

Tian, F.; Jiao, D.; Biedermann, F.; Scherman, O.A. "Orthogonal Switching of a Single Supramolecular Complex", Nat. Commun., 2012, 3, 1207. (read here)

 

Kasera, S.; Biedermann, F.; Baumberg, J.J.; Scherman, O.A.; Mahajan, S. "Quantitative SERS Using the Sequestration of Small Molecules Inside Precise Plasmonic Nano-Constructs", Nano Lett.,2012, 12, 5924–5928. (read here)

 

Appel, E.A.; Rowland, M.J.; Loh, X.J.; Heywood, R.M.; Watts, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Enhanced Stability and Activity of Temozolomide in Primary Glioblastoma Multiforme Cells with Cucurbit[n]uril", Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 9843–9845. (read here)

 

Huang, F.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Polymers", Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 5879–5880. (read here)

 

Appel, E.A.; del Barrio, J.; Loh, X.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Polymeric Hydrogels", Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 6195–6214. (read here)

 

Jiao, D.; Geng, J.; Loh, X.J.; Das, D.; Lee, T.C.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Peptide Amphiphile Vesicles Through Host-Guest Complexation", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 9633–9637. (read here)

 

Loh, X.J.; Tsai, M.-H.; del Barrio, J.; Appel, E.A.; Lee, T.-C., Scherman, O.A. "Triggered Insulin Release Studies of Triply Responsive Supramolecular Micelles", Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 3180–3188. (read here)

 

Lan, Y.; Loh, X.J.; Geng, J.; Walsh, Z.; Scherman, O.A. "A Supramolecular Route Towards Core-Shell Polymeric Microspheres in Water via Cucurbit[8]uril Complexation", Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 8757–8759. (read here)

 

Biedermann, F.; Uzunova, V.D.; Scherman, O.A.; Nau, W.M.; De Simone, A. "Release of High-Energy Water as the Driving Force for the High-Affinity Binding of Cucurbit[n]urils", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 15318–15323. (read here)

 

Loget, G.; Lee, T.C.; Taylor, R.W.; Mahajan, S.; Nicoletti, O.; Jones, S.T.; Coulston, R.J.; Lapeyre, V.; Garrigue, P.; Midgley, P.A.; Scherman, O.A.; Baumberg, J.J.; Kuhn, A. "Direct Visualization of Symmetry Breaking During Janus Nanoparticle Formation", Small, 2012, 8, 2698–2703. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Loh, X.J.; Jones, S.T.; Biedermann, F.; Dreiss, C.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Ultrahigh-Water-Content Supramolecular Hydrogels Exhibiting Multistimuli Responsiveness", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 11767–11773. (read here)

 

Jiao, D.; Scherman, O.A. "Isolation of Cucurbit[n]uril Homologues with Imidazolium Salts in a Recyclable Manner", Green Chem., 2012, 14, 2445–2449. (read here)

 

Biedermann, F.; Elmalem, E.; Ghosh, I.; Nau, W.N.; Scherman, O.A. "Strongly Fluorescent, Switchable Perylene-bisdiimide (PDI) Host-Guest Complexes with Cucurbit[8]uril in Water", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 7739–7743. (read here)

 

Appel, E.A.; Dyson, J.; del Barrio, J.; Isaacs, L.; Scherman, O.A. "Metastable Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles Prepared by Dynamic Cross-Linking with Nor-Seco-Cucurbit[10]uril", Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 2278–2281. (read here)

 

Appel, E.A.; Dyson, J.; del Barrio, J.; Walsh, Z.; Scherman, O.A. "Formation of Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles in Water Through Host-Guest Interactions", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 4185–4189. (read here)

 

Appel, E.A.; Loh, X.J.; Jones, S.T.; Dreiss, C.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Sustained Release of Proteins from High-Water-Content Supramolecular Polymer Hydrogels", Biomaterials, 2012, 33, 4646–4652. (read here)

 

Zhang, J.; Coulston, R.J.; Jones, S.T.; Geng, J.; Scherman, O.A.; Abell, C. "One-Step Fabrication of Supramolecular Microcapsules from Microfluidic Droplets", Science, 2012, 335, 690–694. (read here)

 

Biedermann, F.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbit[8]uril Mediated Donor-Acceptor Ternary Complexes: A Model System for Studying Charge-Transfer Interactions", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 2842–2849. (read here)

 

Scherer, M.R.; Li, L.; Cunha, P.M.S.; Scherman, O.A.; Steiner, U. "Enhanced Electrochromism in Gyroid-Structured Vanadium Pentoxide", Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 1217–1221. (read here)

 

Zhao, N.; Lloyd, G.O.; Scherman, O.A. "Monofunctionalised Cucurbit[6]uril Synthesis Using Imidazolium Host-Guest Complexation", Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 3070–3072. (read here)

 

Cziferszky, M.; Biedermann, F.; Kalberer, M.; Scherman, O.A. "Probing the Stability of Multicomponent Self-Assembled Architectures Based on Cucurbit[8]uril in the Gas Phase", Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 2447–2452. (read here)

 

Loh, X.J.; del Barrio, J.; Toh, P.P.C.; Lee, T.C.; Jiao, D.; Rauwald, U.; Appel, E.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Triply Triggered Doxorubicin Release from Supramolecular Nanocontainers", Biomacromolecules, 2012, 13, 84–91. (read here)

 

Appel, E.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Dynamic Supramolecular Polymers", Chapter 6.16 in Comprehensive Polymer Science, Volume 6: Macromolecular Architectures and Soft Nano-Objects; Mueller, A.; Wooley, K., Vol. 6 Eds.; Elsevier-Ltd, 2012, 587–628. (read here)

 

Appel, E.A.; del Barrio, J.; Loh, X.J.; Dyson, J.; Scherman, O.A. "High Molecular Weight Polyacrylamides by ATRP: Enabling Advancements in Water-Based Applications", J. Polym. Sci. Part A, Polym. Chem., 2012, 50, 181–186. (read here)

Lee, T.C.; Scherman, O.A. "A Facile Synthesis of Dynamic Supramolecular Aggregates of Cucurbit[n]uril (n = 5-8) Capped with Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media", Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 18, 1628–1633. (read here)

 

Rauwald, U.; del Barrio, J.; Loh, X.J.; Scherman, O.A. "On-Demand" Control of Thermoresponsive Properties of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes", Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6000–6002. (read here)

 

Taylor, R.W.; Lee, T.C.; Scherman, O.A; Esteban, R.; Aizpurua, J.; Huang, F.M.; Baumberg, J.J.; Mahajan, S. "Precise Subnanometer Plasmonic Junctions for SERS within Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies Using Cucurbit[n]uril "Glue" ", ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 3878–3887. (read here)

 

Debapratim, D.; Scherman, O.A. "Cucurbituril: At the Interface of Small Molecule Host-Guest Chemistry and Dynamic Aggregates", Isr. J. Chem., 2011, 51, 537–550. (read here)

 

Nau, W.; Scherman, O.A. "The World of Cucurbiturils - From Peculiarity to Commodity", Isr. J. Chem., 2011, 51, 492–494. (read here)

 

Biedermann, F.; Appel, E.A.; del Barrio, J.; Gruendling, T.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Scherman, O.A. "Post-polymerization Modification of Hydroxyl-Functionalized Polymers with Isocyanates", Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 4828–4835. (read here)

 

Geng, J.; Biedermann, F.; Zayed, J.M.; Tian, F.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Glycopolymers in Water: A Reversible Route Towards Multivalent Carbohydrate-Lectin Conjugates Using Cucurbit[8]uril", Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 4276–4281. (read here)

 

Jiao, D.; Biedermann, F.; Scherman, O.A. "Size Selective Supramolecular Cages from Aryl-Bisimidazolium Derivatives and Cucurbit[8]uril", Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 3044–3047. (read here)

 

Tian, F.; Cziferszky, M.; Jiao, D.; Wahlstrom, K.; Geng, J.; Scherman, O.A. "Peptide Separation Through a CB[8]-Mediated Supramolecular Trap-and-Release Process", Langmuir, 2011, 27, 1387–1390. (read here)

 

Biedermann, F.; Rauwald, U.; Zayed, J.M.; Scherman, O.A. "A Supramolecular Route for Reversible Protein-Polymer Conjugation", Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 279–286. (read here)

 

Coulston, R.; Jones, S.T.; Lee, T.C.; Appel, E.A.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Gold Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites Formed in Water with Cucurbit[8]uril", Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 164–166. (read here)

Jiao, D.; Biedermann, F.; Tian, F.; Scherman, O.A. "A Systems Approach to Controlling Supramolecular Architecture and Emergent Solution Properties via Host-Guest Complexation in Water", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 15734–15743. (read here)

 

Tancini, F.; Yebeutchou, R.M.; Pirondini, L.; De Zorzi, R.; Geremia, S.; Scherman, O.A.; Dalcanale, E. "Host-Guest Driven Copolymerization of Tetraphosphonate Cavitands", Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 14313–14321. (read here)

 

Shokrollahi, P.; Mirzade, H.; Huck, W.T.S.; Scherman, O.A. "Effect of Self-Complementary Motifs on Phase Compatibility and Material Properties in Blends of Supramolecular Polymers", Polymer, 2010, 51, 6303–6312. (read here)

 

Biedermann, F.; Rauwald, U.; Cziferszky, M.; Williams, K.A.; Gann, L.; Guo, B.Y.; Urbach, A.R.; Bielawski, C.W.; Scherman, O.A. "Benzobis(imidazolium) Salts: Chemically Stable, Intrinsically Fluorescent Alternatives to Viologens for Applications in Supramolecular Chemistry", Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 13716–13722. (read here)

 

Celiz, A.D.; Scherman, O.A. "A Facile Route to Ureidopyrimidinone-Functionalized Polymers via RAFT", J. Polym. Sci. A, Polym. Chem., 2010, 48, 5833–5841. (read here)

Appel, E.A.; Rauwald, U.; Jones, S.; Zayed, J.M.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Crosslinked Networks via Host-guest Complexation with Cucurbit[8]uril", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 14251–14260. (read here)

Zayed, J.M.; Biedermann, F.; Rauwald, U.; Scherman, O.A. "Probing Cucurbit[8]uril-mediated Supramolecular Polymer Assembly in Water Using Diffusion NMR", Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 1434–1436. (read here)

Zayed, J.M.; Nouvel, N.; Rauwald, U.; Scherman, O.A. "Chemical Complexity – Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Synthetic and Biological Building Blocks in Water", Chem. Soc. Rev., 2010, 39, 2806–2816. (read here)

Mahajan, S.; Lee, T.C.; Biedermann, F.; Hugall, J.T.; Baumberg, J.J.; Scherman, O.A. "Raman and SERS Spectroscopy of Cucurbit[n]urils", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 10429–10433. (read here)

Shokrollahi, P.; Mirzade, H.; Scherman, O.A.; Huck, W.T.S. "Biological and Mechanical Properties of Novel Composites Based on Supramolecular Polycaprolactone and Functionalized Hydroxyapatite", J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 2010, 95A, 209-221. (read here)

Rauwald, U.; Biedermann, F.; Deroo, S.; Robinson, C.V.; Scherman, O.A. "Correlating Solution Binding and ESI-MS Stabilities by Incorporating Solvation Effects in a Confined Cucurbit[8]uril System", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 8606–8615. (read here)

Nally, R.; Scherman, O.A.; Isaacs, L. "Polymer Deaggregation and Assembly Controlled by a Double Cavity Cucurbituril", J. Supramol. Chem., 2010, 22, 683–690. (read here)

Geng, J.; Jiao, D.; Rauwald, U.; Scherman, O.A. "An Aqueous Supramolecular Side-Chain Polymer Designed for Molecular Loading", Australian J. Chem., 2010, 63, 627–630. (read here)

Tian, F.; Cheng, N.; Nouvel, N.; Geng, J.; Scherman, O.A. "Site-Selective Immobilization of Colloids on Au Substrates via a Non-covalent Supramolecular 'Handcuff'", Langmuir, 2010, 26, 5323–5328. (read here)

Lee, T.C.; Scherman, O.A. "Formation of Dynamic Aggregates in Water by Cucurbit[5]uril Capped with Gold Nanoparticles", Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 2338–2440. (read here)

Jiao, D.; Zhao, N.; Scherman, O.A. "A 'Green' Method for Isolation of Cucurbit[7]uril via a Solid State Metathesis Reaction", Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 2007–2009. (read here)

Zhao, N.; Liu, L.; Biedermann, F.; Scherman, O.A. "Binding Studies on CB[6] with a Series of 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Ionic Liquids in an Aqueous System", Chem. Asian J., 2010, 5, 530–537. (read here)

Scherman, O.A. "Form Leading to Function", Nat. Chem., 2009, 1, 524–525. (read here)

Celiz, A.D.; Lee, T.C.; Scherman, O.A. "Polymer Mediated Dispersion of Gold Nanoparticles: Using Supramolecular Moieties on the Periphery", Adv. Mater., 2009, 21, 3937–3940. (read here)

Celtek, G.; Artar, M.; Scherman, O.A.; Tuncel, D. "Sequence Specific Self-Sorting of the Binding Sites of a Ditopic Guest by Cucurbituril Homologues and Subsequent Formation of a Hetero[4]pseudorotaxan", Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 10360–10363. (read here)

Liu, L.; Nouvel, N.; Scherman, O.A. "Controlled Catch and Release of Small Molecules with Cucurbit[6]uril via a Kinetic Trap", Chem. Commun., 2009, 22, 3243–3245. (read here)

Deroo, S.; Rauwald, U.; Robinson, C.V.; Scherman, O.A. "Discrete, Multi-Component Complexes with Cucurbit[8]uril in the Gas-Phase", Chem. Commun., 2009, 6, 644–646. (read here)

Celiz, A.D.; Scherman, O.A. "Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization Initiated via Self-Complementary Hydrogen-Bonding Units", Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 4115–4119. (read here)

Rauwald, U.; Scherman, O.A. "Supramolecular Block Copolymers with Cucurbit[8]uril in Water", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 3950–3953. (read here)

Liu, L.; Zhao, N.; Scherman, O.A. "Ionic Liquids as Novel Guests for Cucurbit[6]uril in Neutral Water", Chem. Commun., 2008, 9, 1070–1072. (read here)

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