Research Highlights
"Symmetry-breaking host–guest assembly in a hydrogen-bonded supramolecular system"
S. Horiuchi, T. Yamaguchi, J. Tessarolo, H. Tanaka, E. Sakuda, Y. Arikawa, E. Meggers, G. H. Clever, K. Umakoshi, Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 155.
"Endohedrally Functionalized Heteroleptic Coordination Cages for Phosphate Ester Binding"
A. Platzek, S. Juber, C. Yurtseven, S. Hasegawa, L. Schneider, C. Drechsler, K. E. Ebbert, R. Rudolf, Q.-Q. Yan, J. J. Holstein, L. V. Schäfer, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209305.
(Hot Paper)
Guest-modulated Circularly Polarized Luminescence by Ligand-to-Ligand Chirality Transfer in Heteroleptic Pd(II) Coordination Cages
K. Wu, J. Tessarolo, A. Baksi, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205725.
(Hot Paper, Front Cover)
"Light-powered Dissipative Assembly of Diazocine Coordination Cages"
H. Lee, J. Tessarolo, D. Langbehn, A. Baksi, R. Herges, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12011.
Official faculty news announcement with more information (German only)
"Cooperativity of steric bulk and H-bonding in coordination sphere engineering: heteroleptic PdII cages and bowls by design"
B. Chen, J. J. Holstein, A. Platzek, L. Schneider, K. Wu, G. H. Clever, Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 1829 - 1834.
"Coordination cage-based emulsifiers: templated formation of metal oxide microcapsules monitored by in situ LC-TEM"
S. Saha, Y.-T. Chen, S. Ganta, M. Gilles, B. Holzapfel, P. Lill, H. Rehage, C. Gatsogiannis, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, accepted.
"Long-Lived C60 Radical Anion Stabilized inside an Electron-Deficient Coordination Cage"
S. Hasegawa, S. L. Meichsner, J. J. Holstein, A. Baksi, M. Kasanmascheff, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9718.
(In collaboration with JProf. Dr. Müge Kasanmascheff)
"Increasing Structural and Functional Complexity in Self-Assembled Coordination Cages"
S. Pullen, J. Tessarolo, G. H. Clever, Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, accepted.
"Integrative Assembly of Heteroleptic Tetrahedra Controlled by Backbone Steric Bulk"
J. Tessarolo, H. Lee, E. Sakuda, K. Umakoshi, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6339.
"Thermodynamic Driving Forces of Guest Confinement in a Photoswitchable Cage"
S. Juber, S. Wingbermühle, P. Nuernberger, G. H. Clever, L. V. Schäfer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 7321.
"Multinuclear Ag Clusters Sandwiched by Pt Complex Units: Fluxional Behavior and Chiral-at-Cluster Photoluminescence"
S. Horiuchi, S. Moon, A. Ito, J. Tessarolo, E. Sakuda, Y. Arikawa, G. H. Clever, K. Umakoshi, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 10654.
"Modular Design of G-Quadruplex MetalloDNAzymes for Catalytic C-C Bond Formations with Switchable Enantioselectivity"
P. M. Punt, M. D. Langenberg, O. Altan, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3555.
"Multi-Stimuli Control over Assembly and Guest Binding in Metallo- Supramolecular Hosts based on DTE Photoswitches"
R. Li, J. Tessarolo, H. Lee, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3865.
"Identification of a Heteroleptic Pd6L6L’6 Coordination Cage by Screening of a Virtual Combinatorial Library"
S. Sudan, R. Li, S. Jansze, A. Platzek, R. Rudolf, G. H. Clever, F. Fadaei Tirani, R. Scopelliti, K. Severin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1773.
(in collaboration with Prof. Kay Severin from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL)
"Establishing electron diffraction in chemical crystallography"
T. Grüne, J. J. Holstein, G. H. Clever, B. Keppler, Nat. Rev. Chem. 2021, 5, 660-668.
Highlighted in a press release of TU Dortmund
"Coal-Tar Dye-based Coordination Cages and Helicates"
I. Regeni, B. Chen, M. Frank, A. Baksi, J. J. Holstein, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 5673.
(Highlighted in a press release by the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV)
"Backbone-Bridging Promotes Diversity in Heteroleptic Cages"
K. Wu, B. Zhang, C. Drechsler, J. J. Holstein, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 6403.
L. M. Stratmann, Y. Kutin, M. Kasanmascheff, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 4939.
(VIP Paper)
Highlighted in a press release of TU Dortmund, the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, the ChemViews Magazine and by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
(In collaboration with JProf. Dr. Müge Kasanmascheff)
"A New Mechanically-Interlocked [Pd2L4] Cage Motif by Dimerization of two Peptide-based Lemniscates"
T. R. Schulte, J. J. Holstein, L. Schneider, A. Adam, G. Haberhauer, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 22489.
(Hot Paper, Inside Cover)
(In collaboration with Prof. Gebhard Haberhauer from Duisburg-Essen University)
S. Pullen, S. Löffler, A. Platzek, J. J. Holstein, G. H. Clever, Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 9404.
"Heteroleptic Coordination Environments in Metal-Mediated DNA G-Quadruplexes"
P. M. Punt, L. M. Stratmann, S. Sevim, L. Knauer, C. Strohmann, G. H. Clever, Front. Chem. 2020, 8, 26.
M. Hardy, N. Struch, J. J. Holstein, G. Schnakenburg, N. Wagner, M. Engeser, J. Beck, G. H. Clever, A. Lützen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3195.
B. Chen, S. Horiuchi, J. J. Holstein, J. Tessarolo, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 14921.
"Tailored Transition Metal Coordination Environments in Imidazole-modified DNA G-Quadruplexes"
P. M. Punt, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 13987.
K. E. Ebbert, L. Schneider, A. Platzek, C. Drechsler, B. Chen, R. Rudolf, G. H. Clever, Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 11070.
B. Chen, J. J. Holstein, S. Horiuchi, W. G. Hiller, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8907.
"Successive Photoswitching and Derivatization Effects in Photochromic DTE-based Coordination Cages"
R. Li, M. Han, J. Tessarolo, J. J. Holstein, J. Lübben, B. Dittrich, C. Volkmann, M. Finze, C. Jenne, G. H. Clever, ChemPhotoChem 2019, 3, 378.
"Chiral Self-Discrimination and Guest Recognition in Helicene-based Coordination Cages"
T. R. Schulte, J. J. Holstein, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5562.
R. Li, J. J. Holstein, W. G. Hiller, J. Andréasson, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2097.
"Imidazole-modified G-quadruplex DNA as Metal-triggered Peroxidase"
P. M. Punt, G. H. Clever, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2513.
"Rational Design of an Amphiphilic Coordination Cage-based Emulsifier"
S. Saha, B. Holzapfel, Y.-T. Chen, K. Terlinden, P. Lill, C. Gatsogiannis, H. Rehage, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 17384.
S. Pullen, G. H. Clever, Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 3052.
"Rapid structure determination of microcrystalline molecular compounds using electron diffraction"
T. Gruene, J. T. C. Wennmacher, C. Zaubitzer, J. J. Holstein, J. Heidler, A. Fecteau-Lefebvre, S. De Carlo, E. Müller, K. N. Goldie, I. Regeni, T. Li, G. Santiso-Quinones, G. Steinfeld, S. Handschin, E. van Genderen, J. A. van Bokhoven, G. H. Clever, R. Pantelic, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16313.
(Collaboration initiated by Dr. Tim Grüne, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland, and Dr. Julian Holstein, head of crystallography in the Clever Lab)
“Electron diffraction was selected by Science Magazine as one out of twelve candidates worldwide for the research 2018 Breakthrough of the Year, and made the fifth rank in a public vote.”
Highlighted in c&en, phys.org, ScienceNews, Nature, Angew. Chem. and Nature Chem.
"A Rotaxane-like Cage-in-Ring Structural Motif for a Metallosupramolecular Pd6L12 Aggregate"
M. Käseborn, J. J. Holstein, G. H. Clever, A. Lützen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12171.
(Collaboration initiated by the Lützen group, Bonn University)
R. Zhu, W. M. Bloch, J. J. Holstein, S. Mandal, L. V. Schäfer, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 12976.
(Hot Paper)
"Structure Relationships between Bis-monodentate Ligands and Coordination Driven Self-assemblies"
S. Saha, I. Regeni, G. H. Clever, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2018, 374, 1.
"Catenation and Aggregation of Multi-Cavity Coordination Cages"
R. Zhu, I. Regeni, J. J. Holstein, B. Dittrich, M. Simon, S. Prévost, M. Gradzielski, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13652.
(VIP Paper, Front Cover)
Highlighted by Dr. Emiliano Feresin on the website of the RESOLV cluster of excellence.
Highlighted in the trend report 2019 on inorganic chemistry, published in the „Nachrichten aus der Chemie“, magazine of the German Chemical Society (GDCh).
"Di-Copper(II) DNA G-Quadruplexes as EPR Distance Rulers"
D. M. Engelhard, A. Meyer, A. Berndhäuser, O. Schiemann, G. H. Clever, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7455.
"Hierarchical Assembly of an Interlocked M8L16 Container"
W. M. Bloch, J. J. Holstein, B. Dittrich, W. Hiller, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5534.
"Structure-Property Relationships in CuII-binding Tetramolecular G-Quadruplex DNA"
D. M. Engelhard, L. M. Stratmann, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 2117.
(Hot Paper, Cover Feature)
S. Löffler, A. Wuttke, B. Zhang, J. J. Holstein, R. A. Mata, G. H. Clever, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 11933.
"Cation-Anion Arrangement Patterns in Self-Assembled Pd2L4 and Pd4L8 Coordination Cages"
G. H. Clever, P. Punt, Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 2233.
M. Krick, J. J. Holstein, A. Wuttke, R. A. Mata, G. H. Clever, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 5141.
"Copper-induced Topology Switching and Thrombin Inhibition with Telomeric DNA G-Quadruplexes"
D. M. Engelhard, J. Nowack, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11640.
"Integrative self-sorting of coordination cages based on 'naked' metal ions "
W. M. Bloch, G. H. Clever, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 8506.
T. R. Schulte, J. J. Holstein, L. Krause, R. Michel, D. Stalke, E. Sakuda, K. Umakoshi, G. Longhi, S. Abbate, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6863.
"Morphological Control of Heteroleptic cis- and trans-Pd2L2L'2 Cages"
W. M. Bloch, J. J. Holstein, W. Hiller, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8285.
W. M. Bloch, Y. Abe, J. J. Holstein, C. M. Wandtke, B. Dittrich, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13750.
"Endohedral Dynamics of Push-Pull Rotor-functionalized Cages"
M. Krick, J. J. Holstein, C. Würtele, G. H. Clever, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 10411.
"Desymmetrization of an Octahedral Coordination Complex inside a Self-Assembled Exoskeleton"
M. D. Johnstone; E. K. Schwarze; J. Ahrens; D. Schwarzer; J. J. Holstein; B. Dittrich; F. M. Pfeffer; G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 10791.
"Light-induced Charge Separation in Densely Packed Donor-Acceptor Coordination Cages"
M. Frank, J. Ahrens, I. Bejenke, M. Krick, D. Schwarzer, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8279.
Congratulations to Jennifer Ahrens (PhD student of collaboration partner Prof. Dirk Schwarzer, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen) for receiving a Poster Prize on the Bunsentagung 2016 for her contribution to our joint work. In addition, our work was featured on the cover of issue 5/2016 of the Bunsen Magazin.
"Interpenetrated Cage Structures"
M. Frank, M. D. Johnstone, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 14104.
(Review, Hot Paper)
"Internal Dynamics and Guest Binding of a Sterically Overcrowded Host"
S. Löffler, J. Lübben, A. Wuttke, R. A. Mata, M. John, B. Dittrich, G. H. Clever, Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 4676.
M. Han, Y. Luo, B. Damaschke, L. Go´mez, X. Ribas, A. Jose, P. Peretzki, M. Seibt, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 445. (VIP Paper, Inside Cover)
"Triggered Exchange of Anionic for Neutral Guests inside a Cationic Coordination Cage"
S. Löffler, J. Lübben, L. Krause, D. Stalke, B. Dittrich, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1060.
Congratulations to Susanne Löffler for receiving a "MS-CEC Young Researcher Award 2016" for this paper from the Münster Symposium on Cooperative Effects in Chemistry!
M. D. Johnstone, E. K. Schwarze, G. H. Clever and F. M. Pfeffer, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 3948.
(Hot Paper, Inside Cover).
"Stepwise Halide-triggered Double- and Triple-Catenation of Self-Assembled Coordination Cages"
R. Zhu, J. Lübben, B. Dittrich, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2796.
"Rational Design of a Face-Centred Square-Cuboid Coordination Cage"
M. Han, R. Michel, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 10640.
(Special Issue: European Young Chemists).
"Self-Assembled Coordination Cages based on Banana-shaped Ligands"
M. Han, D. M. Engelhard, G. H. Clever, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 1848.
(Open Access article).
"Reversible Stabilization of Transition-Metal-Binding DNA G-Quadruplexes"
D. M. Engelhard, R. Pievo, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12843.
"Assembly and Stepwise Oxidation of Interpenetrated Coordination Cages based on Phenothiazine"
M. Frank, J. Hey, I. Balcioglu, Y.-S. Chen, D. Stalke, T. Suenobu, S. Fukuzumi, H. Frauendorf, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10102.
"Template Control over Dimerization and Guest Selectivity of Interpenetrated Coordination Cages"
S. Freye, R. Michel, D. Stalke, M. Pawliczek, H. Frauendorf, G. H. Clever, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8476.
"Stable and Metastable Self-Assembled Rings based on trans-chelated Pd(II)"
F. A. Pereira, T. Fallows, M. Frank, A. Chen, G. H. Clever, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2013, 639, 1598.
"Counter Ion Dynamics in an Interpenetrated Coordination Cage Capable of Dissolving AgCl"
S. Freye, D. M. Engelhard, M. John, G. H. Clever, Chem. Eur. J. 2013,19, 2114.
"Light-triggered Guest Uptake and Release by a Photochromic Coordination Cage"
M. Han, R. Michel, B. He, Y.-S. Chen, D. Stalke, M. John, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 1319.
(Hot Paper)
"An Inclusion Complex of Hexamolybdate inside a Supramolecular Cage and its Structural Conversion"
M. Han, J. Hey, W. Kawamura, D. Stalke, M. Shionoya, G. H. Clever, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 9574.
Highlighted in the ACS Virtual Issue on "Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry" 2013 and the ACS Inorganic Chemistry Virtual Issue on "Inorganic Cages and Containers" 2014.
D. M. Engelhard, S. Freye, K. Grohe, M. John, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 4747.
"Allosteric Binding of Halide Anions by a New Dimeric Interpenetrated Coordination Cage"
S. Freye, J. Hey, A. Torras-Galán, D. Stalke, R. Herbst-Irmer, M. John, G. H. Clever, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2191.
"Stacked Platinum Complexes of the Magnus’ Salt Type Inside a Coordination Cage"
G. H. Clever, W. Kawamura, S. Tashiro, M. Shiro, M. Shionoya, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2606.
(Hot Paper, Inside Cover)
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The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is "Dortmund-Eichlinghofen" (closer to Campus Süd), and from B 1 / A 40 "Dortmund-Dorstfeld" (closer to Campus Nord). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
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