Paul R. McGonigal

TL;DR: This work reports a wholly artificial compound that acts on small molecules to create a gradient in their local concentration by using redox energy and precisely organized noncovalent bonding interactions to pump positively charged rings from solution and ensnare them around an oligomethylene chain, as part of a kinetically trapped entanglement.

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: In this paper, a comprehensive theory of the through-space conjugation (TSC) for these chromophores is proposed, and various applications have been envisioned, for example in the areas of process monitoring, structural visualization, sensors, and probes.

TL;DR: The concept of "aggregate science" is put forward to fill the gaps between molecules and aggregates and the structure-property relationships established for aggregates are expected to contribute to new materials and technological development.

TL;DR: The photoluminescence properties of a series of phenyl-ring molecular rotors bearing three, five, six, and seven phenyl groups are reported on, demonstrating that relaxed dimer states can form as a result of intra- or intermolecular interactions across a range of environments in solution and solid samples.