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Boris Breiner
Researcher at University of Cambridge
Publications - 30
Citations - 2588
Boris Breiner is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: DNA & Natural bond orbital. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 30 publications receiving 2338 citations. Previous affiliations of Boris Breiner include Philips & Florida State University.
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White phosphorus is air-stable within a self-assembled tetrahedral capsule.
TL;DR: Hydrophobic P4 molecules are rendered air-stable and water-soluble within the hydrophobic hollows of self-assembled tetrahedral container molecules, which form in water from simple organic subcomponents and iron(II) ions.
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A Self‐Assembled M8L6 Cubic Cage that Selectively Encapsulates Large Aromatic Guests
Wenjing Meng,Boris Breiner,Kari Rissanen,John D. Thoburn,John D. Thoburn,Jack K. Clegg,Jonathan R. Nitschke +6 more
TL;DR: This cage represents the first example of a new class of closed-face metallosupramolecular cubic hosts to be synthesized and has the potential to create new chemical functionality through the introduction of different metal ions into the centers of the N4 macrocycle and by substituting these metals axial ligands.
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Anion-induced reconstitution of a self-assembling system to express a chloride-binding Co10L15 pentagonal prism
Imogen A. Riddell,Maarten M. J. Smulders,Jack K. Clegg,Jack K. Clegg,Yana R. Hristova,Boris Breiner,John D. Thoburn,Jonathan R. Nitschke +7 more
TL;DR: A synthetic chemical system is described that is capable of structural reconstitution on receipt of one anionic signal (perchlorate) to create a tight binding pocket for another anion (chloride) and allows chemical networks to be envisaged that express more complex responses to chemical signals than is currently feasible.
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Reactivity modulation in container molecules
TL;DR: The encapsulation of a guest within a host molecule can open new pathways of guest reactivity or halt modes of reaction normally observed in solution.
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Subcomponent Self-Assembly and Guest-Binding Properties of Face-Capped Fe4L48+ Capsules
Rana A. Bilbeisi,Jack K. Clegg,Noémie Elgrishi,Xavier de Hatten,Marc Devillard,Boris Breiner,Prasenjit Mal,Jonathan R. Nitschke +7 more
TL;DR: Only one of the cages combined a sufficiently large cavity with the sufficiently small pores required for guest binding, taking up a wide variety of guest species in size- and shape-selective fashion.