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Unveiling the alkyne-π interaction using metal-organic cage compounds

Alkynes are pivotal in chemical synthesis, bio-imaging, and drug design, yet their intermolecular interactions remain underexplored. Here, the authors identify and characterize the alkyne-π interaction, revealing its influence on spectroscopic properties and potential to enhance bio-imaging and supramolecular materials design.

Junrui Liu
Shujun Ning
You-Gui Huang
ResearchOpen Access12 Dec 2025
Communications Chemistry

Volume: 8, P: 1-9
Superior thermoelasticity and shape-memory nanopores in a porous supramolecular organic framework

Designing porous materials with empty shape-switchable pores remains a formidable challenge. Here, the authors fabricate a supramolecular organic framework possessing empty shape-memory nanopores which operates via a ferroelastic transition, endowing it with switchable sorption properties.

You-Gui Huang
Yoshihito Shiota
Osamu Sato
ResearchOpen Access11 May 2016
Nature Communications

Volume: 7, P: 1-8
Assembling an alkyl rotor to access abrupt and reversible crystalline deformation of a cobalt(II) complex

Molecular motion can potentially be harnessed to control macroscopic properties such as size and shape. Here, the authors show that the phase transition of a cobalt(II) complex with an n-butyl group on its ligands, results in a reversible crystal deformation at the structural phase transition temperature.

Sheng-Qun Su
Takashi Kamachi
Osamu Sato
ResearchOpen Access04 Nov 2015
Nature Communications

Volume: 6, P: 1-7
1-deoxynojirimycin inhibits glucose absorption and accelerates glucose metabolism in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice

You-Gui Li
Dong-Feng Ji
Xin Wang
ResearchOpen Access28 Mar 2013
Scientific Reports

Volume: 3, P: 1-12

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Superior thermoelasticity and shape-memory nanopores in a porous supramolecular organic framework

Assembling an alkyl rotor to access abrupt and reversible crystalline deformation of a cobalt(II) complex

1-deoxynojirimycin inhibits glucose absorption and accelerates glucose metabolism in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice

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