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Supramolecular-macrocycle-based functional organic cocrystals

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Near-Perfect Separation of Aromatic and Cyclic Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Using Amorphous Cucurbit[7]uril

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Chirality‐Controllable Self‐Sorting in Macrocyclic Supramolecular Assemblies: Homochiral and Heterochiral 1D Architectures

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Adsorptive Separation of Chlorobenzene and Chlorocyclohexane by Nonporous Adaptive Crystals of Perethylated Pillar[6]arene

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Geminiarene‐Based Charge‐Transfer Cocrystals with Dichromatic Variants and Stimuli‐Responsive Structural Interconversion

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Design and Synthesis of Box[6]arenes for 3D Charge‐Transfer Co‐Crystal Engineering via Macrocyclic Self‐Complementary and Exo‐Wall Interactions

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Efficient separation of toluene and n-heptane by cucurbit[7]uril aqueous solution

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Separation of toluene-alcohol azeotropes by porous crystals of fluorinated leaning pillar[6]arene

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Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 36, 110759
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Host-appended reusable polymeric films for the quantitative separation of pyridine from azeotropic pyridine/toluene/benzene mixture

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Vapochromic materials based on pillar[n]arenes

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Selective adsorptive separation of xylene isomers in vapor and liquid phases by nonporous adaptive crystals of leaning pillar[6]arenes

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Highly Efficient Separation of Toluene and n‐Heptane by Amorphous Cucurbit[7]uril Solids

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Chemistry A European J, 2025, 31
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Geminiarene‐Based Charge‐Transfer Cocrystals with Dichromatic Variants and Stimuli‐Responsive Structural Interconversion

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Adaptive Pillar[5]arene Co-Crystals Showing Vapochromic Behavior to 5-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds

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A Pillar[6]arene-Based Solid-State Supramolecular Polymer Exhibiting a Vapochromic Response for VOC Detection

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Hydrogen-bonded organic framework for efficiently separating toluene and pyridine

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Chain‐Length‐Selective Intermolecular Charge‐Transfer Regulation via Competitive and Cooperative Pathways in Solid‐State Macrocyclic Host–Guest Systems

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