MXenes for Various Applications: Recent Trends and Future Aspects

Shape Selective Anion Recognition of Calix[4]resorcinarene-Based Receptors through C—H Hydrogen Bonding

Paper alert 🚨 Check our latest report on low-temp thermosalient organic crystal with dual-scale dynamics! 🚀🧊 A work led by José L. Belmonte, with Dazaet Galicia and superb intl collab Panče Naumov, PhD ACSF FRSC Smart Materials Lab and SchurkoFSU Out now Chemistry of Materials OPEN ACCESS! doi.org/10.1021/acs.ch…

“Programmed” solid-state reactivity―Minor variations in molecular or solid-state structures can lead to significant differences in properties. In their recent article in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Ma, Hutchins Kristin Hutchins, et al. demonstrate that by using a single molecular precursor and varying

Cryogenically elastic glowing crystals! Check out our new article in J. Am. Chem. Soc., where we report that organic crystals remain elastic even at 77 K and exhibit an afterglow lasting up to about 30 seconds. This is the longest lifetime of a flexible organic crystal reported to date:

For years, the origin of homochirality (why life uses D-sugars & L-amino acids) has baffled scientists. Our new paper in 长欣 赵 reveals how achiral molecules can form the chiral polymers that likely seeded life! A game-changer for abiogenesis research! doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Smart crystals can now perform complex motions... Check out our most recent paper in J. Am. Chem. Soc., where we demonstrate that adaptive crystals with colossal thermal expansion are capable of complex locomotion, such as rolling and even climbing up a slope! New York University NYU Abu Dhabi

I am pleased to share our recent work on [2 + 2] Dimerization of a V-Shaped Diene in Organogel, Xerogel, and Single Crystals: Structural Insights into the Self-Assembly of Gelator Molecules in Organogels and Xerogels | Crystal Growth & Design pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Here is our latest paper! In this work we have shown that polymers made from a pair of retroisomeric dipeptide monomers via TAAC polymerization show different properties. doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

We are pleased to share our just published article on Transparent Thin Films via Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerization of a Flexible Diene for Femtosecond-Scale Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity | ACS Applied Polymer Materials pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Just out in J. Am. Chem. Soc. - where we employ a side chain-crowding strategy to construct 2D hydrogen-bonded wavy sheets. Grateful to Prof Chenfeng Ke, Jayanta Samanta , Prof. Birman, and Xinyu for the support. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Our latest work in generating curved 2D sheets using the macrocycle side chain crowding effect. Now you don't need a curved molecule to create a curve sheet. Just wrinkle it. J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

cool wrinkling design!

Javed Pathan J. Am. Chem. Soc. Chenfeng Ke Jayanta Samanta Congratulations Javed

I’m excited to share my research at #ACSFall2025 Global Virtual Symposium. Here is a preview of me talk, titled “Dynamic organic crystals: Actuation, shape-memory, and self-healing”. Join me to learn more about recent progress in the field of dynamic molecular crystals. Register

On the cover of this week's issue: "Light-Off Salient Effect: Thermal Phase Transitions of Molecular Crystals Controlled by Photoirradiation" Read it here 🔗 go.acs.org/cZu

Congratulations!!

Thank you so much for sharing, Prof. Panče Naumov, PhD ACSF FRSC

New Post-Doc Position Available! -- The Smart Materials Lab (Naumov Group) in the Division of Science, NYU Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit a post-doctoral associate to work on crystal structure determination using electron or X-ray crystallography. Info: apply.interfolio.com/173067

Here she goes again- HARIPRIYA B just published her second breakthrough in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on 2D polymers via TAAC! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…