Guillaume De Bo
@guillaumedebo.bsky.social
Mechanochemist and Molecular Machinist. Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Manchester.🇧🇪 in 🇬🇧.
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We are delighted to see our recent work highlighted on the front cover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social !
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Look
if you had one ring
with one Pd in it,
and pull everything onto one thread
in one moment.
would you break it
or just let it slip?
Great work by @jamesormson.bsky.social and @tomasnicolas.bsky.social now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! #chemsky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
if you had one ring
with one Pd in it,
and pull everything onto one thread
in one moment.
would you break it
or just let it slip?
Great work by @jamesormson.bsky.social and @tomasnicolas.bsky.social now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! #chemsky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Template‐Controlled Mechanochemical Dissociation of a Rotaxane
The presence or absence of the Pd template used in rotaxane formation selectively leads to two different mechanochemical dissociation pathways. The Pd maintains a smaller cavity size that favors diss....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Look
if you had one ring
with one Pd in it,
and pull everything onto one thread
in one moment.
would you break it
or just let it slip?
Great work by @jamesormson.bsky.social and @tomasnicolas.bsky.social now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! #chemsky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
if you had one ring
with one Pd in it,
and pull everything onto one thread
in one moment.
would you break it
or just let it slip?
Great work by @jamesormson.bsky.social and @tomasnicolas.bsky.social now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! #chemsky
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
🚨(1/3) We are excited to announce that the 2025 MASC/WISC EDIA Award🏆 is to
Dr Aisha Bismillah, King’s College, London,
(@anbismillah.bsky.social)
@rsc-masc.bsky.social
mascgroup.co.uk/masc-wisc-ed...
#ChemSky
#SupramolecularChemistry
#WomenInSTEM
#MASC2025
Dr Aisha Bismillah, King’s College, London,
(@anbismillah.bsky.social)
@rsc-masc.bsky.social
mascgroup.co.uk/masc-wisc-ed...
#ChemSky
#SupramolecularChemistry
#WomenInSTEM
#MASC2025
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🚨(1/3) We are excited to announce that the 2025 MASC/WISC EDIA Award🏆 is to
Dr Aisha Bismillah, King’s College, London,
(@anbismillah.bsky.social)
@rsc-masc.bsky.social
mascgroup.co.uk/masc-wisc-ed...
#ChemSky
#SupramolecularChemistry
#WomenInSTEM
#MASC2025
Dr Aisha Bismillah, King’s College, London,
(@anbismillah.bsky.social)
@rsc-masc.bsky.social
mascgroup.co.uk/masc-wisc-ed...
#ChemSky
#SupramolecularChemistry
#WomenInSTEM
#MASC2025
Great work led by my colleague Michael James at the University of @manchester.ac.uk
Now online and open access:
Article by Michael J. James & co-workers
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Article by Michael J. James & co-workers
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion - Nature Synthesis
Radical chain initiation strategies are fundamental to the synthesis of small molecule drugs and macromolecular materials. Here a general, thermally driven and scalable method for reductive initiation...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Great work led by my colleague Michael James at the University of @manchester.ac.uk
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
Now online and open access:
Article by Michael J. James & co-workers
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Article by Michael J. James & co-workers
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion - Nature Synthesis
Radical chain initiation strategies are fundamental to the synthesis of small molecule drugs and macromolecular materials. Here a general, thermally driven and scalable method for reductive initiation...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Now online and open access:
Article by Michael J. James & co-workers
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Article by Michael J. James & co-workers
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
📣 Announcement 📣
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Supramolecular Chemistry Award 🏆 goes to Prof Dr Job Boekhoven from TU Munich.
Congratulations, Job! @boekhovenlab.bsky.social
Thanks @cellpress.bsky.social for generously sponsoring the award!
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We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Supramolecular Chemistry Award 🏆 goes to Prof Dr Job Boekhoven from TU Munich.
Congratulations, Job! @boekhovenlab.bsky.social
Thanks @cellpress.bsky.social for generously sponsoring the award!
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📣 Announcement 📣
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Supramolecular Chemistry Award 🏆 goes to Prof Dr Job Boekhoven from TU Munich.
Congratulations, Job! @boekhovenlab.bsky.social
Thanks @cellpress.bsky.social for generously sponsoring the award!
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We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Supramolecular Chemistry Award 🏆 goes to Prof Dr Job Boekhoven from TU Munich.
Congratulations, Job! @boekhovenlab.bsky.social
Thanks @cellpress.bsky.social for generously sponsoring the award!
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📣 Announcement 📣
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials."
Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social
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We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials."
Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social
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October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
📣 Announcement 📣
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials."
Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social
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We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials."
Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social
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📣 Come and join us !
Applications are now open for 200 new PhD Studentships and Fellowships.
We're investing in early career researchers, in partnership with philanthropic support - to develop the next generation of research leaders.
Share with someone you know!
www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bic...
We're investing in early career researchers, in partnership with philanthropic support - to develop the next generation of research leaders.
Share with someone you know!
www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bic...
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📣 Come and join us !
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absolutely delighted to have been awarded one of these prizes! Thanks to the @leverhulme.ac.uk for their generous support, and congrats to all other prize winners!
The Trust is thrilled to announce the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners. Congratulations to this year’s cohort. Thirty extraordinary researchers from across a range of disciplines: leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
absolutely delighted to have been awarded one of these prizes! Thanks to the @leverhulme.ac.uk for their generous support, and congrats to all other prize winners!
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Of the 202 Nobel laureates who have been awarded prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.
go.nature.com/4ocbFu6
go.nature.com/4ocbFu6
More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
go.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Of the 202 Nobel laureates who have been awarded prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.
go.nature.com/4ocbFu6
go.nature.com/4ocbFu6
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The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
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The European Commission has launched a new Science, Research & Innovation account.
On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !!
They promise:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Share the news 🔁
On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !!
They promise:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Share the news 🔁
October 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The European Commission has launched a new Science, Research & Innovation account.
On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !!
They promise:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Share the news 🔁
On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !!
They promise:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Share the news 🔁
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Fantastic talk from @marklautens.bsky.social, our 2025 T Y Shen Lecturer! Ably supported by…
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Fantastic talk from @marklautens.bsky.social, our 2025 T Y Shen Lecturer! Ably supported by…
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
A trip “home” - back to the area my family emigrated from in 1951!
They left Oldham after WWII, when jobs were in short supply for unskilled workers.
I return a few years later to give the TY Shen Lecture University of Manchester with my kind host @profdaveleigh.bsky.social
They left Oldham after WWII, when jobs were in short supply for unskilled workers.
I return a few years later to give the TY Shen Lecture University of Manchester with my kind host @profdaveleigh.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A trip “home” - back to the area my family emigrated from in 1951!
They left Oldham after WWII, when jobs were in short supply for unskilled workers.
I return a few years later to give the TY Shen Lecture University of Manchester with my kind host @profdaveleigh.bsky.social
They left Oldham after WWII, when jobs were in short supply for unskilled workers.
I return a few years later to give the TY Shen Lecture University of Manchester with my kind host @profdaveleigh.bsky.social
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting!
Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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September 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting!
Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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Great people and great science at the annual MACRO group meeting in Manchester this week.
Congratulations to my colleagues @labgibson.bsky.social, Niamh Fox, and Daniel Toolan for organising an excellent meeting.
Congratulations to my colleagues @labgibson.bsky.social, Niamh Fox, and Daniel Toolan for organising an excellent meeting.
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Great people and great science at the annual MACRO group meeting in Manchester this week.
Congratulations to my colleagues @labgibson.bsky.social, Niamh Fox, and Daniel Toolan for organising an excellent meeting.
Congratulations to my colleagues @labgibson.bsky.social, Niamh Fox, and Daniel Toolan for organising an excellent meeting.
Our recent papers are now published back to back in issue 37 of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social supported by a front cover designed by @drawimpacts.bsky.social
#chemsky #openaccess
Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #openaccess
Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Our recent papers are now published back to back in issue 37 of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social supported by a front cover designed by @drawimpacts.bsky.social
#chemsky #openaccess
Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #openaccess
Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Congratulations to Rob who won the ACS @pubs.acs.org poster prize at the Macro group UK annual conference!
#chemsky
#chemsky
September 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Congratulations to Rob who won the ACS @pubs.acs.org poster prize at the Macro group UK annual conference!
#chemsky
#chemsky
Can I flip it? Yes you can!
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
August 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Can I flip it? Yes you can!
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!
An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !
Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485
#chemsky
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
In @science.org this week, Harry Anderson's group finally put their cyclic carbon allotrope into solution. The, well, solution to getting it there? Protection by catenation--have a look!
chemsky🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
chemsky🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Solution-phase stabilization of a cyclocarbon by catenane formation
Cyclo[N]carbons, molecular rings consisting solely of N carbon atoms, have previously been studied in the gas phase and on surfaces at cryogenic temperatures, but they are generally considered too rea...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In @science.org this week, Harry Anderson's group finally put their cyclic carbon allotrope into solution. The, well, solution to getting it there? Protection by catenation--have a look!
chemsky🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
chemsky🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🎉 Thrilled to share our first @angewandtechemie.bsky.social cover!
Huge congratulations to @guillaumedebo.bsky.social and Lei Chen on this beautiful work!
Huge congratulations to @guillaumedebo.bsky.social and Lei Chen on this beautiful work!
We are delighted to see our recent work highlighted on the front cover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social !
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🎉 Thrilled to share our first @angewandtechemie.bsky.social cover!
Huge congratulations to @guillaumedebo.bsky.social and Lei Chen on this beautiful work!
Huge congratulations to @guillaumedebo.bsky.social and Lei Chen on this beautiful work!
We are delighted to see our recent work highlighted on the front cover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social !
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
July 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We are delighted to see our recent work highlighted on the front cover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social !
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
The 2025 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations, with the following deadlines:
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
2025 MASC Prize Calls
MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group 2025 MASC Prize Calls 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award given in memory of John Fossey: The RSC MASC Group P…
mascgroup.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The 2025 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations, with the following deadlines:
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
Dual release with a bit of logic!
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
July 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dual release with a bit of logic!
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.
Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky
Reposted by Guillaume De Bo
Really excited and honored to be this year's recipient of the RSC Robert Robinson Prize!! #RSCPrizes @rsc.org A huge thanks to everyone in the group, collaborators and funders, as well as to @manchester.ac.uk for providing such an amazing environment to work in.
June 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Really excited and honored to be this year's recipient of the RSC Robert Robinson Prize!! #RSCPrizes @rsc.org A huge thanks to everyone in the group, collaborators and funders, as well as to @manchester.ac.uk for providing such an amazing environment to work in.
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
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA
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
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA
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
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #OA