Light-responsive molecular containers
Encapsulation of small molecules in molecular containers able to release them in a controlled way in order to perform specific tasks ( e.g. catalysis or drug delivery) constitutes an idea that has been around for several years. Light is becoming a perfect external stimulus to control the behaviour o...
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| Published in | Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 53; no. 34; pp. 4635 - 4652 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
25.04.2017
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| Summary: | Encapsulation of small molecules in molecular containers able to release them in a controlled way in order to perform specific tasks (
e.g.
catalysis or drug delivery) constitutes an idea that has been around for several years. Light is becoming a perfect external stimulus to control the behaviour of molecular capsules. Photocontrol is a clean and reliable technique, allowing reversibility of the processes in many cases. In addition, researchers in this field are moving from mere function description of the capsules to a deeper understanding of the processes governing these systems. We have compiled a selection of reported studies and highlighted the most relevant findings in this rapidly developing field.
This review highlights relevant studies of light-controlled molecular containers able to catch and release small molecules. |
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| Bibliography: | Pablo Ballester was born in 1959 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He studied Chemistry at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), where he also completed his PhD degree in 1986 under the direction of Prof. Ramón Mestres. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Julius Rebek Jr in the University of Pittsburgh and MIT for three years and one year in the UIB with Prof. José M. Saá. In 1990 he joined the Chemistry Department of UIB, where he held the positions of Assistant and Associate Professor. In 2004 he was awarded an ICREA Research Professorship and moved to the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) to become a group leader. His current research interests are in the areas of molecular self-assembly, molecular recognition and supramolecular catalysis. Alejandro Díaz-Moscoso got his BSc degree in fundamental chemistry from the University of Seville, Spain. He performed his PhD studies at the Institute of Chemical Research (Spanish National Research Council) under the supervision of Prof. José M. García Fernández. He got his PhD degree in 2010 for his studies on artificial vectors for DNA encapsulation and targeted delivery. He held several post-doctoral positions, highlighting a Marie Curie Individual fellowship with Prof. Andrew N. Cammidge at the University of East Anglia (UEA), working on porphyrin-phthalocyanine hybrids. Currently he is a post-doctoral fellow funded by the Spanish Government in Prof. Ballester's research group, working with calix[4]pyrrole-based molecular containers for different applications. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1359-7345 1364-548X |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c7cc01568b |