AdMOSC Research

vMASC Call to volunteer for the vMASC committee vMASC: Expression of interest to volunteer for the vMASC committee The organising committee of the virtual Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry We are inviting members of the vMASC community to…

📣 Call for Volunteers - vMASC 📣

Submit your expression of interest to join the vMASC organising committee!

Deadline 📆 18th Aug 2025

Eligibility: full-time researcher (including early career) + member of RSC MASC Interest Group

Find out more on mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/vmas...

It was a fantastic experience to form part of team of this ambitious project, bringing quality #science to people traditionally forgotten by classical outreach events. Many thanks to all the people that made it possible!!

Atropisomeric carbon-rich macrocycles: Synthesis, structural evolution, and properties

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🤗 We welcome Samwel Emanuel Samwel to our group. He is an @euerasmusplus.bsky.social student of #biotechnology from #Poznan University of Life Sciences (Poland) who will study molecular interactions between small drugs and carrier #proteins to improve their therapeutic formulation. #chemistry

Excited to see our Collection on Mechanically Interlocked Molecules now published in @commschem.nature.com! It’s been a pleasure to edit this with @fschaufelberger.bsky.social and Serena Silvi. Grateful to all authors for their excellent contributions—lots of great science to explore! #ChemSky #MIMs

🤩🤩🤩Super happy with our recent Trends in Chemistry @cp-trendschem.bsky.social review where we analyze the recent emerging applications of #MolecularCages

We also provide a glossary with concepts useful for those new in the field

IDM at @upv.es

📰DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Tailoring Tubular Supramolecular Polymers with Polar Lumens to Host Hydrophilic Dye Molecules A unique class of tubular polymer structures that are soluble in apolar organic solvents but are endowed with polar pores has been created through the rational design of the monomer units, which self...

Thrilled to share our recently published work!
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PhD Position Offer We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the Montenegro Lab and carry out a doctoral thesis focused on the synthesis, functionalization, and evaluation of boron clusters and chaotro...

🔊 We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work @ciqus.bsky.social in drug delivery by superchaotropic boron clusters.

We offer a great working environment, in an excellent center and an exciting research field, www.nature.com/articles/s41...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/360505
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Reaction with #boron trifluoride leads to the corresponding #aza-BODIPYs, induces a stereochemical inversion that destroys the helix, flattens the system and switches on #fluorescence.

#Organic #Synthesis

We report aza-dibenzodipyrromethenes with an interesting architecture where the core adopts a helical arrangement, placing terminal aromatic fragments directly on top of each other in close, p-stacked arrangement. Symmetrical and unsymmetrical derivatives can be afforded with a controlled approach.

A Family of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Aza‐Dipyrromethenes and Aza‐BODIPYs with Through‐Bond and Face‐to‐Face p‐Interaction Between Termini The dipyrromethenes (DPMs) and their borylated adducts (BODIPYs) constitute a class of versatile chromophores that has become one of the most widely studied over recent decades. They combine excellen....

➰ Helical symmetrical and unsymmetrical aza-dipyrromethenes and related aza- #BODIPYs. Our latest work with Andy Cammidge's group at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social has been published in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemistry #research

Great to see our Review on using Peptides to build Discrete Supramolecular Architectures online at Angewandte @angewandtechemie.bsky.social ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... with a great Frontispiece from Ben! Congratulations Ben Ellen and Leah!

Structural control of dynamic covalent cages: kinetic vs. thermodynamic assembly and PFAS removal from water Dynamic covalent chemistry is a powerful tool to synthesise complex structures from simple building blocks. However, even minor variations in the numerous parameters governing self-assembly can drasti...

Structural control of dynamic covalent cages: kinetic vs. thermodynamic assembly and PFAS removal from water using our novel dynamic covalent Tri2Tri2 cages!

Check it out now in @chemicalscience.rsc.org, if you like 👀
@hhu.de
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Next-generation materials for nucleic acid delivery - Nature Reviews Materials Efficient and targeted delivery of nucleic acids is critical for realizing the full therapeutic potential of gene editing, vaccines and RNA-based drugs, and emerging delivery platforms offer innovativ...

Next-generation materials for nucleic acid delivery! Now in @natrevmats.nature.com Our viewpoint on the future synthetic carriers for therapeutic nucleic acids.
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What if complexity was already built in — just waiting to be released?
In our latest @science.org, we show how COFs can selectively excise organic macrocycles with precision.
A chemistry that reveals what’s already there. Clip-off Chemistry.
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Two for one mechanophore!

4-membered ring mechanophores broken 2 ways with a rotaxane actuator for the generation/release of diverse functional molecules!

Great work from Lei Chen now as a #VIPaper in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social

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#chemsky #OA

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Really nice work on macrocyclic supramolecular chemistry.

Tuning Antiaromaticity Through Meso‐Substituent Orientation in Core‐Modified Isophlorins The antiaromaticity of dithiadioxaisophlorins is controlled by the steric bulkiness of meso-substituents through their tilt angle relative to the macrocycle. Bulkier substituents maintain larger angl....

When Maika synthesized thienyl-substituted isophlorins for another purpose, she noticed they showed weaker antiaromaticity than others. This sparked our investigation into the relationship between substituents and antiaromaticity using both synthesis and computation.
DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202500372 (OA)

Proud to have signed the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future.

A call to transform chemistry, where science empowers human well-being without degrading our ecosystems.
Read it. Share it. Sign it.

www.stockholm-declaration.org

#SustainableScience #GreenChemistry

We are pleased to release our last article published in @natnano.nature.com on the supramolecular polymerization of light-driven molecular motors.

nature.com/articles/s41...

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CNRSchimie, Université de Strasbourg

Our first photoswitchable channel, controlled by three separate stimuli, is now up on ChemRxiv! tinyurl.com/3m4umy3d - we use fluorinated azobenzenes and a pillar[5]arene core to modulate ion transport using light, pH, and guest, modulating initial rates 170-fold. Collaboration with Wallace Lab@KCL!

🚀 #CageCavityCalc Windows Installer is now available!

🔹 Automated Windows 64-bit installer (Win10 & 11)
🔹 Installs both CageCavityCalc plugin and PyMOL
🔹 Desktop shortcut for easy access

🔗 Download now at: github.com/VicenteMarti...

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Delighted to share our work in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social on Transient Supramolecular Polymers by pH-Gated Conformational
Control of a Self-Assembling Cyclodextrin. Congratulations and many thanks to Wenting and Valérian! @ipcm-sorbonne.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CUNWCE...

We have a very motivating project ahead! 🧪🌱💪🏽

ECR25 Registration We are excited to announce that registration is now open and will close on 31st May 2025. Registration is required for all attendees, including those giving talks and poster presentations. The regi…

Just over a week left to apply for a bursary to attend ECR MASC 2025! The application form and more details can be found on our website mascgroup.co.uk/ecr25-regist...

9th May – Bursary Application Deadline
16th May – Abstract Submission Deadline
31st May – Registration Deadline

🌱 We are excited to begin a project, funded by the @rsc.org #SustainableLabs Grants programme, in which we aim to develop #OpenScience protocols and tools to reduce waste generation and optimising resources in chemical research.

@admosc-research.bsky.social
@amendezar.bsky.social
#ChemSky

We are delighted of being part of this fantastic initiative. The @rsc.org support will help expedite our search for alternative protocols to reduce wastes in chemical research, making our work more sustainable. 🌱

Proline-based tripodal cages with guest-adaptive features for capturing hydrophilic and amphiphilic fluoride substances - Nature Communications Proteins dynamically adjust their conformations to interact with their ligands through binding sites that accommodate either amphiphilic or hydrophilic substrates, but most synthetic receptors are des...

Binding hydrophilic molecules is challenging due to high hydration energy. So why not bind them with their water? Our work (the Cai group at USF and us) shows a flexible proline cage capturing fluoride along with its hydration shell with strong affinity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

MOtorized NAnomachines: fundamentaLs, InnovationS, Applications | MONALISA | Projekt | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission MonaLisa, a pioneering European consortium, is at the forefront of artificial molecular machine research, setting the stage for breakthroughs in chemical synthesis, nanotechnology, medical treatment a...

15 PhD positions open
Motorized nanomachines: fundamentals, innovations, applications
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
Academic laboratories (Feringa, Lehn, Diez, Simmel, Credi, Duwez, Giuseppone) and companies (Soprema, Syensqo)
Individual job descriptions published soon here:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu