Synthetic chemists have provided a wide array of supramolecular assemblies able to encapsulate guest molecules. The scope of this tutorial review focuses on supramolecular host molecules capable of reversibly encapsulating polyatomic guests. Much work has been done to determine the mechanism of guest encapsulation and guest release. This review covers common methods of monitoring and characteri...

Phosphorus-modified mesoporous silica nanospheres have strong affinity with Znq 2 , and their host–guest complex dramatically prevents biodegradation of the host surface.

We report here the host-guest behaviour of two isoelectronic [Fe4L4](8+) tetrahedral cages that differ only in the nature of their face-capping ligand and possess either triazine (L1) or benzene (L2) cores. Crystallography reveals these hosts to be flexible and adaptable, while NMR spectroscopy shows them to be selective and discriminating in their host-guest behaviour.

A pillar[5]arene-fused cryptand with two different cavities was synthesized successfully. It was found that the novel tricyclic host could associate with two different guest species in an orthogonal manner. And based on this orthogonal self-assembly of two host-guest interactions, a novel type of supramolecular polymer was constructed easily and conveniently.

A convenient methodology for the synthesis of photolabile crosslinked hyperbranched polyglycerol nanocapsules is presented. These nanocarriers selectively and efficiently bind ionic guest molecules. The stability of the host-guest complexes formed depends on the counterion of the guest molecules. Moreover, the control over guest binding can be achieved by modification of the polymer building bl...

Ionosilica ionogels have been lately introduced as emerging all-ionic designer materials. They consist of an ionic liquid (IL) guest trapped within a solid ionosilica support host. In this work, we investigate the influence (i) nature and (ii) ionosilica/IL ratio on mobility confined IL. We report elaboration various via nonhydrolytic sol–gel process, using namely tris(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl...

We study an epidemic propagation between M population centra. The novelty of the model is in analyzing the migration of host (remaining in the same centre) and guest (migrated to another centre) populations separately. Even in the simplest case M = 2, this modification is justified because it gives a more realistic description of migration processes. This becomes evident in a purely migration m...

Virtualization allows computing resources to be utilized much more efficiently than those in traditional systems, and it is a strong driving force behind commoditizing computing infrastructure for providing cloud services. Unfortunately, the multiple layers of abstraction that virtualization introduces also complicate the proper understanding, accurate measurement, and effective management of s...

For all host/guest binding experiments samples were prepared as follows. Host solution: the host cage (16 mg) was dissolved in 10 ml D2O to make a 0.2 mM stock solution. Guest solutions: the guests were individually dissolved in 5 ml of the host solution (to keep the host concentration constant during the titration); the mass used varied with the desired concentration. All binding experiments w...

A molecular receptor consisting of a spacer bearing two cofacially disposed terpyridyl-palladium-ligand (terpy-Pd-L) units rigidly separated by about 7 A has been investigated for molecular recognition of planar aromatic molecules. It is found that although the receptor forms stable 1:2 host-guest association complexes with 9-methylanthracene (9-MA), the guest undergoes very rapid site exchange...