Chunhua Hu

TL;DR: A previously unattainable structure was obtained by a two-step synthetic method utilizing the bridging-linker replacement transformation method, inducing an overall 2D to 3D transformation.

TL;DR: The rational design of a supramolecular cage assembled from 20 ions of three distinct species through 72 hydrogen bonds is reported on, which exhibits an ability to encapsulate a wide range of differently charged species, including organic molecules, transition metal complexes, and “ship-in-a-bottle” nanoclusters not observed otherwise.

TL;DR: The use of tyrosine-containing tripeptides as tunable precursors for polymeric pigments and short peptides have low barriers to application and can be easily scaled, suggesting near-term applications in cosmetics and biomedicine.

TL;DR: These MOFs demonstrate both open structure for high sorption capability and strong water resistance and a modular construction of a new metal-organic framework by strategically incorporating a number of water repellent functional groups in the frameworks.

TL;DR: Cr(III) complexes of tridentate PNP ligands have been prepared and evaluated as catalysts for ethylene trimerisation, with several giving high activity and excellent selectivity towards 1-hexene when activated with methylaluminoxane.