Supramolecular Architectures for Anion Sensing and Chiroptical Materials
This community designs and synthesizes discrete molecular systems—ranging from coordination cages to chiral nanographenes—to achieve selective detection of specific ions, particularly fluoride, and to generate circularly polarized luminescence.
The research focuses on the bottom-up construction of supramolecular hosts, such as metal-organic cages and Schiff base complexes, engineered for highly selective recognition of anions in aqueous media. A significant portion of the work involves the synthesis of chiral aromatic hydrocarbons, including helicenes and graphene nanoribbons, to exploit their chiroptical properties. Recurring methods include on-surface synthesis, self-assembly, and the development of fluorescent and colorimetric probes. The materials are often nitrogen- or boron-doped to tune electronic properties, enabling applications in sensing and potential optoelectronic uses.
The community is most prominent in research tracked for Fluorine, where it constitutes 1.4% of all Fluorine research, and Boron, where it accounts for 0.6% of Boron research. It also contributes 0.5% of research tracked for Bromine.
The community comprises 11,920 papers, publishing most frequently in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Chemical Communications.
Recent work continues to explore the synthesis of chiral nanographenes and diboraanthracene scaffolds for afterglow applications, as well as the development of bottom-up-synthesized graphene nanoribbons for nanoelectronics and regioselective synthesis of boron-nitrogen functionalized pyrenes for live cell imaging.