Carson J. Bruns

TL;DR: The synthesis, characterization, and first implementation of a naphtho[2,3-b:6,7-b']dithiophene (NDT)-based donor molecule in highly efficient organic photovoltaics (OPVs) is reported.

TL;DR: It is emphasized how rotaxanes constitute a remarkably versatile platform for directing force and motion, owing to the wide range of stimuli that can be used to actuate them and their diverse modes of mechanical switching as dictated by the stereochemistry of their mechanical bonds.

TL;DR: The Nature of the Mechanical Bond as mentioned in this paper is a comprehensive review of much of the contemporary literature on the mechanical bond, accessible to newcomers and veterans alike, including Supramolecular, covalent, and statistical approaches to the formation of entanglements that underpin mechanical bonds in molecules and macromolecules.

TL;DR: This work describes a heterorotaxane with tunable solid-state fluorescent emissions enabled through reversible manipulation of its aggregation by supramolecular encapsulation, which constitutes a unique application of responsive complex equilibria in the form of a cryptographic algorithm that protects valuable information printed using tunable Solid State fluorescent materials.

TL;DR: A template-directed protocol is employed to synthesize a semi-rigid cyclophane that adopts a box-like geometry and is comprised of π-electron-poor 1,4-phenylene-bridged ("extended") bipyridinium units (ExBIPY(2+)), resulting in the isolation of different aromatic compounds after ExBox·4Cl was regenerated.