Molecules built to recognize, trap and release other molecules.
A self-assembled M12L24 cage whose charged interior gates what may bind inside it. Rigid boxes that scavenge polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons out of solution. Rings threaded through rings. Recognition that flips with a change in redox state.
Different molecules, one preoccupation: designing the conditions under which molecules decide to hold on to each other, and what it takes to make them let go.
Carson J. Bruns, Associate Professor, ATLAS Institute and the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder.
Carson J. Bruns