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  • Induced-fit binding, common in biological systems, is still relatively rare in artificial hosts. Here, the authors assemble a molecular cube from six gear-shaped faces, whose interdigitated design allows the cube to expand and contract in response to the size, shape, and charge of a guest molecule.

    • Yi-Yang Zhan
    • Tatsuo Kojima
    • Shuichi Hiraoka
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 9, P: 1-6

  • In this paper, the authors study the temperature-controlled dynamic behavior of a system of nanocubes self-assembled from two different building blocks. Non-intuitively, the disordered, equilibrium state (a mixture of heteroleptic cubes) and the ordered, out-of-equilibrium state (a mixture of homoleptic cubes) are cycled by heating and subsequent rapid cooling.

    • Yi-Yang Zhan
    • Tatsuo Kojima
    • Shuichi Hiraoka
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 10, P: 1-8

  • Sensing dilute hydrocarbons such as liquefied petroleum gas presents challenges for selectivity and sensitivity. Here a cube-shaped assembly of amphiphiles selectively exhibits fluorescence in the presence of alkanes in water at room temperature, with a response time on the order of seconds.

    • Yi-Yang Zhan
    • Jingyuan Liao
    • Shuichi Hiraoka
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Chemistry
    Volume: 2, P: 1-7

  • The thermodynamic parameters of molecules dispersed in water are influenced by the polarizability of their substituents. Here the formation of discrete aggregates from gear-shaped amphiphiles is determined by isothermal titration calorimetry, showing that substituents with higher polarizability stabilize the nanocubes enthalpically.

    • Yi-Yang Zhan
    • Qi-Chun Jiang
    • Shuichi Hiraoka
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Chemistry
    Volume: 2, P: 1-8

  • The self-assembly of thermally stable structures in water is a challenge in supramolecular chemistry. Here, cooperativity between weak intramolecular forces allows amphiphiles to associate into cube-shaped assemblies that are thermally stable in water up to 150 °C.

    • Yi-Yang Zhan
    • Kazuho Ogata
    • Shuichi Hiraoka
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Chemistry
    Volume: 1, P: 1-9