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Optically active CB[n] complexes

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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