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Recent advances on triptycene derivatives in supramolecular and materials chemistry

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Diarylboronic Receptor with Lyotropic Acidity for Monosaccharide Recognition in Aqueous Solution: Binding Thermodynamics and Interaction Mechanism

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A Triply Operable Molecular Switch: Anion‐, Acid/Base‐ and Solvent‐Responsive [2]Rotaxane

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Recent Applications of Pillararene‐Inspired Water‐Soluble Hosts

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Directional Transportation of a Helic[6]arene along a Nonsymmetric Molecular Axle

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Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG) as a Smart and Sustainable Material to Restrain Pandemics and Endemics: A Perspective

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Molecular recognition of cyclophanes in water

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A Route to Enantiopure (O-Methyl)6-2,6-Helic[6]arenes: Synthesis of Hexabromo-Substituted 2,6-Helic[6]arene Derivatives and Their Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reactions

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Pillararene-inspired arenes: Synthesis, properties and applications compared to the parent macrocycle

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High-yield synthesis of a novel water-soluble macrocycle for selective recognition of naphthalene

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Pagoda[n]arenes (n = 4, 5): Extremely Strong Binders for the Tropylium Cation

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