Our research focuses on the integration of unorthodox, at best new principles from supramolecular chemistry into functional systems because we expect that offering new ways to get in touch on the molecular level will allow us to access the big questions from new directions.  Functions of current interest include catalysis (EFC:  electric-field catalysis, microfluidic capacitors; anion-π interactions; chalcogen, pnictogen bonds), cellular uptake (TMU:  thiol-mediated uptake, dynamic covalent exchange cascades; delivery; dynamers; bioconjugation; proteomics) and fluorescent probes to image forces in biology (flippers, commercialized).

Current key papers on EFC:  JACS Au 2026, 6, 2337; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202517078
Current key papers on TMU:  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e17229; JACS Au 2025, 5, 3288
Flipper review:  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202217868

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