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A sulfonated supramolecular host based on pillar[5]arene for succinylcholine-induced neuromuscular blockade reversal

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César Ray, Edurne Avellanal-Zaballa, Mónica Muñoz-Úbeda, Jessica Colligan, Florencio Moreno, Gilles Muller, Iván López-Montero, Jorge Bañuelos, Beatriz L. Maroto and Santiago de la Moya

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Boat-to-boat conformation inversions of cyclobis[7,8-(para-quinodimethane)-3,7-(9-(p-tolyl)-9H-carbazole)] in the neutral and tetracationic state

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Recent progress towards catalytic asymmetric construction of inherently chiral scaffolds

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Guest-triggered crystallization of π-conjugated pillar[5]arene: from amorphous aggregates to an ordered architecture via solid-state host–guest synergy

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Functionalized pillar[5]arenes with pH-responsive fluorescence and chiroptical properties

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Light-induced open-loop products from a triphenylamine-functionalized π-conjugated pillar[5]arene and radical fluorescence emission

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Recent preparation and applications of chiral pillar[5]arene-based functional materials

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Recent advances in circularly polarized luminescence of planar chiral organic compounds

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A supramolecular enantioselective transfer amino acid@pillar[5]arene bio-interface for effective tumour cell suppression

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Emerging chiral molecular carbon materials for chiroptoelectronic applications

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Functionalization of pillar[n]arenes towards optically responsive systems via host–guest interactions

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Boron‐Nitrogen Lewis Pairs in the Assembly of Supramolecular Macrocycles, Molecular Cages, Polymers, and 3D Materials

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A Pillar[5]arene‐Based π‐Conjugated Organic Small Molecule Emitter: Synthesis, Self‐Assembly, and Selective Sensing of Cr2O72− Anion

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Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2025, 20
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Research progress in organic B/N-doped circularly polarized luminescent chiral molecules: synthesis, structure, and photophysical properties

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Alignment and Dynamic Inversion of Planar Chirality in Pillar[n]arenes

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Self‐Inclusion Complexation of Electron‐Accepting Guest into Electron‐Donating Cyclic Host by Photoexcitation

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Electrochemically Driven Directional Chirality Control for Surface-Confined Pillararenes and Its Application in Enantioselective Recognition

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Multiple Helicenes Defected by Heteroatoms and Heptagons with Narrow Emissions and Superior Photoluminescence Quantum Yields**

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Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar Chiral Pillar[5]arenes via Asymmetric Sonogashira Coupling

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Modular access to π-conjugated planar chiral diradicaloids using redox-active pillar[5]arenes

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A clusteroluminescent supramolecular polymer network constructed by pillararene and its application in information encryption

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Synergistic 3D π–π networks enforce persistent foldamer configuration with tunable full-color circularly polarized luminescence

Hao Hu, Qiangsheng Zhang, Ziyan Wu, Hongtao Liu, Jialin Xie, Zhenchang Wen, Weijie Chi, Jianwei Li and Chunman Jia

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

Sem Bleus and Wim Dehaen

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Organic Chameleon: Fluorescence, Phosphorescence and Radical Afterglow Triple Emission from Naphthylimide Functionalized Triphenylphosphine Derivatives

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Recent Advances of Boron‐Containing Chiral Luminescent Materials†

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Chirally locked and dynamic bis-perylene diimide macrocycles with multiple sources of chirality

Denis Hartmann, Samuel E. Penty, Robert Pal and Timothy A. Barendt

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Alignment and Dynamic Inversion of Planar Chirality in Pillar[n]arenes

Kenichi Kato, Shixin Fa and Tomoki Ogoshi

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2023, 62
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TPE[2]arenes: Luminescent macrocyclic arenes with aggregation-induced emission and Al3+ detection

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Dyes and Pigments, 2024, 225, 112105
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A ratiometric fluorescent probe with 1,2,4-triazole recognition unit for fluoride ion detection based on synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy

Na Jiang, Xiao Zhang, Yi Qu, Wenling Huang, Xinyu Lv, Ying Bao and Le Wang

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Enantioselective Synthesis of Pillar[5]arenes by Dynamic Kinetic Resolution via Pd-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling

Antoine Konter, Jaume Rostoll-Berenguer, Céline Besnard, Baptiste Leforestier and Clément Mazet

ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 2607
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Asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura coupling for the catalytic enantioselective synthesis of planar chiral pillar[5]arenes

Xiao-Hua Zhou, Xinyi Song, Yu-Meng Lin, Xue Li, Yi-Ru Song, Lin-Tao Bao, Wei-Tao Xu, Xu-Qing Wang, Hai-Bo Yang and Wei Wang

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Increased phosphorescence of cyclometalated Ir(III) complex with a planar triarylborane moiety upon fluoride anion binding

Ryo Fukumoto, Eri Sakuda, Kenichiro Omoto, Shinnosuke Horiuchi, Yasuhiro Arikawa and Keisuke Umakoshi

Chemistry Letters, 2024, 53
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Macrocycle-based supramolecular functional materials driven by charge transfer interactions

Chun-Li Song and Ying-Wei Yang

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Bridge-induced taming of the visible electronic circular dichroism signatures of helicoBODIPYs

Carolina Díaz-Norambuena, Cesar Ray, Teresa Arbeloa, Ainhoa Oliden-Sánchez, Florencio Moreno, Beatriz L. Maroto, Jorge Bañuelos and Santiago de la Moya

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Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar Chiral Pillar[5]arenes via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution

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Chemistry A European J, 2025, 31
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Lighting Up Rotaxanes with Tunable and Switchable Circularly Polarized Luminescence

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Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar Chiral Pillar[5]arenes via Asymmetric Sonogashira Coupling

Xiao‐Hua Zhou, Xin Zhang, Yi‐Ru Song, Xue Li, Lin‐Tao Bao, Wei‐Tao Xu, Xu‐Qing Wang, Hai‐Bo Yang and Wei Wang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Multiple Helicenes Defected by Heteroatoms and Heptagons with Narrow Emissions and Superior Photoluminescence Quantum Yields**

Dehui Tan, Jiaqi Dong, Tinghao Ma, Qingliang Feng, Suning Wang and Deng‐Tao Yang

Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135
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Supramolecular artificial light-harvesting systems based on pillar[<italic>n</italic>]arene

Qiaona Zhang, Hongwei Qian and Tangxin Xiao

Sci. Sin.-Chim, 2023, 53, 2546
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Cooperative Binding and Chirogenesis in an Expanded Perylene Bisimide Cyclophane

Divya P. Sukumaran, Kazutaka Shoyama, Rajeev K. Dubey and Frank Würthner

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 22077
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Preparation and evaluation of two chiral stationary phases based on imidazolyl-functionalized bromoethoxy pillar[5]arene-bonded silica

Tong Li, Hui Li, Jia Chen, Yongliang Yu, Shuai Chen, Jianhua Wang and Hongdeng Qiu

Journal of Chromatography A, 2024, 1720, 464799
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Synthesis and applications of conjugated pillar[5]arenes

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Tetrahedron, 2024, 159, 134021
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Multifunctional nile red-triphenylamine AIEgen for optical waveguides, lipid droplet imaging, and photodynamic therapy

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Bioorganic Chemistry, 2025, 165, 108995
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Boron‐Nitrogen Lewis Pairs in the Assembly of Supramolecular Macrocycles, Molecular Cages, Polymers, and 3D Materials

Beijia Chen and Frieder Jäkle

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
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Photoinduced Stable Circularly Polarized Luminescent Radicals From a Triphenylamine‐Attached Planar Chiral Pillar[5]Arene

Jin‐Fa Chen, Qing‐Xiu Gao, Yu Tian, Shao‐Ping Tao, Bingbing Shi, Hong Yao, Tai‐Bao Wei, Pangkuan Chen and Qi Lin

Chemistry A European J, 2025, 31
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Recent Advances of Chiral Isolated and Small Organic Molecules: Structure and Properties for Circularly Polarized Luminescence

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Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2024, 19
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Chiral Amplification and Regulation: Design and Applications of Circularly Polarized Luminescence‐Active Materials Derived From Macrocyclic Compounds

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Aggregate, 2025, 6
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Circularly polarized luminescence from a common alkoxy pillar[5]arene and its co‐aggregates with π‐conjugated rods

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Aggregate, 2024, 5
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Self‐Inclusion Complexation of Electron‐Accepting Guest into Electron‐Donating Cyclic Host by Photoexcitation

Keisuke Wada, Yuuya Nagata, Luxia Cui, Toshikazu Ono, Shigehisa Akine, Shunsuke Ohtani, Kenichi Kato, Shixin Fa and Tomoki Ogoshi

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
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Benzophenone[3]arene: Supramolecular Modulation of Semi-crystalline toward Crystalline Transformation

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Unraveling planar chirality in pillar[5]arenes

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Chiral Competition Reflected by Circularly Polarized Luminescence Signal Inversion in Supramolecular Assembly of Pyrene‐Amino Acid Derivatives and γ‐Cyclodextrin

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Chemistry A European J, 2025, 31
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Self-assembling macrocyclic pillar[5]arene into toroidal, Möbius-strip-like nanoring and circularly polarized luminescence

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Recent Progress of Chiral Conjugated Organic Triarylboron (Ar3B) Luminescent Materials

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Versatile chiroptical induction/manipulation through specific solvation of ion pairs by alcohols

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Catalytically Four‐Fold Asymmetric Sonogashira Coupling for Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetra‐functionalized Planar Chiral Pillar[5]arenes†

Yi‐Ru Song, Yu‐Meng Lin, Xiao‐Hua Zhou, Xinyi Song, Xue Li, Xu‐Qing Wang, Hai‐Bo Yang and Wei Wang

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Fluorescence and Chiroptical Properties of Cyclic Aromatic Triamides with Isolated and Extended Conjugated Systems

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Molecular and Aggregate Synergistic Engineering of Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens to Manipulate Optical/Electronic Properties for Efficient and Diversified Functions

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ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 8782
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Metal-coordinate complexes (M = 3d, 4f) with enhanced circularly polarized luminescence in planar chiral pillar[5]arenes

Yu Tian, Yijun Lin, Siyu Deng, Yinghe Tan, Xuanyi Bie, Zhaoyang Chen and Pangkuan Chen

Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2025, 44, 100626
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Boosting the circularly polarized luminescence of pyrene-tiaraed pillararenes through mechanically locking

Jing-Lin Song, Chao Chen, Xue Li, Yefei Jiang, Zhiyong Peng, Xu-Qing Wang, Hai-Bo Yang and Wei Wang

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