Jeremiah J. Gassensmith

TL;DR: A strategy to overcome the challenge in preparing MOFs from natural products using g-cyclodextrin (g-CD), a symmetrical cyclic oligosaccharide that is mass-produced enzymatically from starch and comprised of eight asymmetric a-1,4-linked dglucopyranosyl residues, and the key to this success lies in the symmetric arrangement within the g-CD torus.

TL;DR: The highly selective adsorption of CO(2) by CD-MOF-2, a recently described green MOF consisting of the renewable cyclic oligosaccharide γ-cyclodextrin and RbOH, by what is believed to be reversible carbon fixation involving carbonate formation and decomposition at room temperature is reported.

TL;DR: These new MOFs demonstrate that the CDs can indeed function as ligands for alkali and alkaline earth metal cations in a manner similar to that found with crown ethers, which make them realistic candidates for commercial development.

TL;DR: This work describes a new paradigm for optical molecular imaging using Squaraine rotaxane endoperoxides, interlocked fluorescent and chemiluminescent dye molecules that have a squaraine chromophore encapsulated inside a macrocycle endoperoxide.

TL;DR: The free primary hydroxyl groups in the metal-organic framework of CDMOF-2, an extended cubic structure containing units of six γ-cyclodextrin tori linked together in cube-like fashion by rubidium ions, has been shown to react with gaseous CO2 to form alkyl carbonate functions.