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The Chaotropic Effect as an Assembly Motif in Chemistry by Assaf, Khaleel I., Nau, Werner M.

“…Following up on scattered reports on interactions of conventional chaotropic ions (for example, I−, SCN−, ClO4−) with macrocyclic host molecules, biomolecules,…”
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Noncovalent Chirality Sensing Ensembles for the Detection and Reaction Monitoring of Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, and Aromatic Drugs by Biedermann, Frank, Nau, Werner M.

“…Ternary complexes between the macrocyclic host cucurbit[8]uril, dicationic dyes, and chiral aromatic analytes afford strong induced circular dichroism (ICD)…”
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The strategic use of supramolecular pKa shifts to enhance the bioavailability of drugs by Ghosh, Indrajit, Nau, Werner M.

“…Macrocyclic hosts of the cyclodextrin, sulfonatocalixarene, and cucurbituril type can be employed as discrete supramolecular drug delivery systems, thereby…”
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Strong Binding of Hydrocarbons to Cucurbituril Probed by Fluorescent Dye Displacement: A Supramolecular Gas-Sensing Ensemble by Florea, Mara, Nau, Werner M.

“…Hydrocarbons are no longer afraid of water when they are reversibly encapsulated by cucurbituril (see picture). The pumpkin‐shaped molecular container displays…”
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Release of High-Energy Water as an Essential Driving Force for the High-Affinity Binding of Cucurbit[n]urils by Biedermann, Frank, Uzunova, Vanya D, Scherman, Oren A, Nau, Werner M, De Simone, Alfonso

“…Molecular dynamics simulations and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) experiments with neutral guests illustrate that the release of high-energy water from…”
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Applications of Cucurbiturils in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology by Das, Debapratim, Assaf, Khaleel I., Nau, Werner M.

“…The supramolecular chemistry of cucurbit[ n ]urils (CB n ) has been rapidly developing to encompass diverse medicinal applications, including drug formulation…”
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Nanomolar Binding of Steroids to Cucurbit[n]urils: Selectivity and Applications by Lazar, Alexandra I, Biedermann, Frank, Mustafina, Kamila R, Assaf, Khaleel I, Hennig, Andreas, Nau, Werner M

“…Cucurbit­[n]­urils (CBn, n = 7, 8) serve as artificial receptors for steroids (21 tested), including the hormones testosterone and estradiol as well as…”
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Cucurbit[8]uril and Blue-Box: High-Energy Water Release Overwhelms Electrostatic Interactions by Biedermann, Frank, Vendruscolo, Michele, Scherman, Oren A, De Simone, Alfonso, Nau, Werner M

“…The design of high-affinity and analyte-selective receptors operating in aqueous solutions is an outstanding problem in supramolecular chemistry. Directing the…”
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High-affinity host-guest chemistry of large-ring cyclodextrins by Assaf, Khaleel I, Gabel, Detlef, Zimmermann, Wolfgang, Nau, Werner M

“…The host-guest chemistry of large-ring cyclodextrins (LRCDs) has been largely unexplored due to the lack of suitable guest molecules that bind with significant…”
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High-Affinity Binding of Metallacarborane Cobalt Bis(dicarbollide) Anions to Cyclodextrins and Application to Membrane Translocation by Assaf, Khaleel I, Begaj, Barbara, Frank, Angelina, Nilam, Mohamed, Mougharbel, Ali S, Kortz, Ulrich, Nekvinda, Jan, Grüner, Bohumír, Gabel, Detlef, Nau, Werner M

“…Metallacarboranes are a class of inorganic boron clusters that have recently been recognized as biologically active compounds. Herein, we report on the…”
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Activation and Stabilization of Drugs by Supramolecular pKa Shifts: Drug-Delivery Applications Tailored for Cucurbiturils by Saleh, Na'il, Koner, Apurba L., Nau, Werner M.

“…Controlling the drug supply: UV and NMR spectroscopic studies show that drugs such as omeprazole and lansoprazole, popular drugs for the treatment of gastric…”
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Toxicity of cucurbit[7]uril and cucurbit[8]uril: an exploratory in vitro and in vivo study by Uzunova, Vanya D, Cullinane, Carleen, Brix, Klaudia, Nau, Werner M, Day, Anthony I

“…Cucurbit[n]urils (CB[n]) are potential stabilizing, solubilizing, activating, and delivering agents for drugs. The toxicity of the macrocyclic host molecules…”
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Cavitation energies can outperform dispersion interactions by He, Suhang, Biedermann, Frank, Vankova, Nina, Zhechkov, Lyuben, Heine, Thomas, Hoffman, Roy E., De Simone, Alfonso, Duignan, Timothy T., Nau, Werner M.

“…The accurate dissection of binding energies into their microscopic components is challenging, especially in solution. Here we study the binding of noble gases…”
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Dodecaborate-Functionalized Anchor Dyes for Cyclodextrin-Based Indicator Displacement Applications by Assaf, Khaleel I, Suckova, Olga, Al Danaf, Nader, von Glasenapp, Victoria, Gabel, Detlef, Nau, Werner M

“…A new type of water-soluble anchor dyes, that is, dyes which carry an auxiliary unit for strong binding to macrocyclic host molecules, has been synthesized. It…”
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Substrate-Selective Supramolecular Tandem Assays: Monitoring Enzyme Inhibition of Arginase and Diamine Oxidase by Fluorescent Dye Displacement from Calixarene and Cucurbituril Macrocycles by Nau, Werner M., Ghale, Garima, Hennig, Andreas, Bakirci, Hüseyin, Bailey, David M.

“…A combination of moderately selective host−guest binding with the impressive specificity of enzymatic transformations allows the real-time monitoring of…”
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HYDROPHOBE Challenge: A Joint Experimental and Computational Study on the Host–Guest Binding of Hydrocarbons to Cucurbiturils, Allowing Explicit Evaluation of Guest Hydration Free-Energy Contributions by Assaf, Khaleel I, Florea, Mara, Antony, Jens, Henriksen, Niel M, Yin, Jian, Hansen, Andreas, Qu, Zheng-wang, Sure, Rebecca, Klapstein, Dieter, Gilson, Michael K, Grimme, Stefan, Nau, Werner M

“…The host–guest complexation of hydrocarbons (22 guest molecules) with cucurbit[7]­uril was investigated in aqueous solution using the indicator displacement…”
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Noncovalent Modulation of Chemoselectivity in the Gas Phase Leads to a Switchover in Reaction Type from Heterolytic to Homolytic to Electrocyclic Cleavage by Moorthy, Suresh, Lambert, Hugues, Mohan, Neetha, Schwarzlose, Thomas, Nau, Werner M., Kalenius, Elina, Lee, Tung‐Chun

“…In the gas phase, thermal activation of supramolecular assemblies such as host–guest complexes leads commonly to noncovalent dissociation into the individual…”
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Design of a fluorescent dye for indicator displacement from cucurbiturils: a macrocycle-responsive fluorescent switch operating through a pKa shift by Praetorius, Antonia, Bailey, David M, Schwarzlose, Thomas, Nau, Werner M

“…The derivatization of 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole with a diamino-alkyl anchor affords a fluorescent dye suitable for indicator displacement from cucurbituril…”
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Selective Detection of Nitroexplosives Using Molecular Recognition within Self-Assembled Plasmonic Nanojunctions by Chio, Weng-I Katherine, Peveler, William J, Assaf, Khaleel I, Moorthy, Suresh, Nau, Werner M, Parkin, Ivan P, Olivo, Malini, Lee, Tung-Chun

“…We demonstrate that the reproducibility of sensors for nitroaromatics based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) can be significantly improved via a…”
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Helicity‐Dependent Regiodifferentiation in the Excited‐State Quenching and Chiroptical Properties of Inward/Outward Helical Coumarins by Mukhopadhyay, Arindam, Hossen, Tousif, Ghosh, Indrajit, Koner, Apurba Lal, Nau, Werner M., Sahu, Kalyanasis, Moorthy, Jarugu Narasimha

“…Influence of helicity on the excited‐state as well as chiroptical properties of two sets of regiohelical coumarins that are differentiated by “inward” and…”
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