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2023

171 Bhattacharjee, N.; Gao, X.; Nathani, A.; Dobscha, J. R.; Pink, P.; Ito, T.; Flood, A. H., Solvent Acts as the Referee in a Match-up Between Charged and Preorganized Receptors, Chem. Eur. J. 2023, accepted DOI (DE-FG02-09ER16068)

Referee between charged and preorganized receptors

 

170 Nishiyama,R. Furuya, K.; McCann, P.; Kacenauskaite, L.; Laursen, B. W.; Flood, A. H.; Hiramatsu, K.; Goda, K. Boosting the Brightness of Raman Tags Using Cyanostar Macrocycles, Anal. Chem. 2023, online DOI (DMR-2118423)

Boosting the Brightness of Raman Tags Using Cyanostar Macrocycles

 

169 Vogel, J.; Chen, Y.; Fadler, R. E. Flood, A. H.; von Delius, M, Steric Control over the Threading of Pyrophosphonates with One or Two Cyanostar Macrocycles during Pseudorotaxane Formation, Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300899. DOI (CHE-2105848)

Steric Control over the Threading of Pyrophosphonates with One or Two Cyanostar Macrocycles during Pseudorotaxane Formation

168 Edhborg, F.; Olesund, A.; Tripathy, V.; Wang, Y.; Sadhukhan, T.; Olsson, A. H.; Bisballe, N.; Raghavachari, K.; Laursen, B. W.; Albinsson, B.; Flood, A. H., Triplet States of Cyanostar and its Anion Complexes, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2023, 127, 5841-5850. DOI (DMR-2118423)

Triplet States of Cyanostar and its Anion Complexes

167 Lutolli, A.; Che, M.; Parks, F. C.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Cooperativity in Photofoldamer Chloride Double Helices Turned On with Sequences and Solvents, Around with Guests, and Off with Light, J. Org. Chem., 2023, 68, 6791-6804. DOI (DE-FG02-09ER16068)

Cooperativity in Photofoldamer Chloride Double Helices Turned On with Sequences and Solvents, Around with Guests, and Off with Light

166. Dhara, A.; Fadler, R. E.; Chen, Y.; Kottner, L. A.; Van Craen, D.; Carta, V.; Flood, A. H., Orthogonal, modular anion-cation and cation-anion self-assembly using pre-programmed anion binding sites, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 2585-2595. DOI (CHE-2105848)

Orthogonal, modular anion-cation and cation-anion self-assembly using pre-programmed anion binding sites Anion-Cation Driven Assembly

2022

165. Kacenauskaite, L.; Olsson, A. H.; Flood, A. H.; Laursen, B. W., Doping of Small Molecule Ionic Isolation Lattices with FRET Acceptors - A Universal Concept for Bright, Organic Solid State Emitters, J. Am. Chem Soc., 144, 19981-19989. DOI

Doping of Small Molecule Ionic Isolation Lattices with FRET Acceptors - A Universal Concept for Bright, Organic Solid State Emitters

164. Sheetz, E. G., Marogil, A.; Che, M.; Pink, M.; Carta, V.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H. High-fidelity Recognition of Organotrifluoroborate Anions (R–BF3–) as Designer Guest Molecules. Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202201584. DOI

High-fidelity Recognition of Organotrifluoroborate Anions as Designer Guest Molecules

163. Chen, J.; Stenspil, S. G.; Kaziannis, S.; Kacenauskaite, L.; Lenngren, N.; Kloz, M.; Flood, A. H.; Laursen, B. W., Quantitative Energy Transfer in Organic Nanoparticles Based on Small-Molecule Ionic Isolation Lattices for UV Light Harvesting, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 13887-13893. DOI

Quantitative Energy Transfer in Organic Nanoparticles Based on Small-Molecule Ionic Isolation Lattices for UV Light Harvesting

162. Li, Y.; Saha, A.; Zhao, W.; Neil, J. F.; Chen, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Allen, H. C., Recognition competes with hydration in anion-triggered monolayer formation of cyanostar supra-amphiphiles at aqueous interfaces. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 4283-4294. DOI

Recognition competes with hydration in anion-triggered monolayer formation of cyanostar supra-amphiphiles at aqueous interfaces chemical Science Cover Art

161. Fadler, R. E.; Flood, A. H., Rigidity and Flexibility in Rotaxanes and Their Relatives On being Stubborn and Easy Going, Frontiers in Chemistry, Special Issue on Advances in Mechanically Bonded Molecules. Front. Chem. 2022, 10, #856173 DOI

Rigidity and Flexibility in Rotaxanes and Their Relatives On being Stubborn and Easy Going

160. Benasco, A. R.; Tropp, J.; Kaphle, V.; Chen, Y.; Zhao, W.; Eedugurala, N.; Ng, T. N.; Flood, A. H.; Azoulay, J. D. Receptor Induced Doping of Conjugated Polymer Transistors: A Strategy for Selective and Ultrasensitive Phosphate Detection in Complex Aqueous Environments, Adv. Elect. Mat. 2022, 8, #2101353. DOI

Receptor Induced Doping of Conjugated Polymer Transistors: A Strategy for Selective and Ultrasensitive Phosphate Detection in Complex Aqueous Environments

159. Kristensen, R.; Neumann, M. S.; Andersen, S. S.; Stein, P. C.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O., Quantifying the Barrier for the Movement of Cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) over a Monopyrrolotetrathiafulvalene Dication, Org. Biol. Chem. 2022 20, 2233-2248. DOI

Quantifying the Barrier for the Movement of Cyclobis over a Monopyrrolotetrathiafulvalene Dication

158. Parks, F. C.; Sheetz, E. G.; Stutsman, S. R.; Lutolli, A.; Debnath, S.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Revealing the hidden costs of organization in host-guest chemistry using chloride-binding foldamers and their solvent dependence. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1274-1287. DOI

Revealing the hidden costs of organization in host-guest chemistry using chloride-binding foldamers and their solvent dependence

157. Lutolli, A.; Flood, A. H., Photoswitchable Ion Receptors, Book Chapter for “Molecular Photoswitches – Synthesis, Properties and Applications,” Ed. Z. Pianowski, Wiley 2022 DOI

Photoswitchable Ion Receptors

2021

156 Sheetz, E. G.; Van Craen, D.; Flood, A. H., Anion recognition and binding constant determination, Book Chapter for “Anion Assisted Catalysis,” Ed. O. Garcia Mancheno, Wiley 2021 DOI

Anion recognition and binding constant determination

155 Flood, A. H.; Skrabalak, S. E.; Yu, Y., Individual development plans — experiences made in graduate student training Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2021, 413, 5681-5684. DOI

Individual development plans — experiences made in graduate student training

154. Zeynaloo, E.; Zahran, E. M.; Fatila, E. M.; Flood, A. H.; Bachas, L. G., Anion-selective electrode based on a CH-hydrogen bonding bis-macrocyclic ionophore with a clamshell architecture, Anal. Chem. 2021, 93, 5412. DOI

Anion-selective electrode based on a CH-hydrogen bonding bis-macrocyclic ionophore with a clamshell architecture

153. Chen, J.; Ali Fateminia, S. M.; Kacenauskaite, L.; Bærentsen, N.; Stenspil, S. G.; Bredehoeft, J.; Martinez, K. L.; Flood, A. H.; Laursen, B. W., Ultra-Bright Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles Based on Small-Molecule Ionic Isolation Lattices, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, accepted, DOI (ChemRxiv article #13584995)

Ultra-Bright Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles Based on Small-Molecule Ionic Isolation Lattices

152. Fadler, R. E.; Al Ouahabi, A.; Qiao, B.; Carta, V.; König, N. F.; Gao, X.; Zhao, W.; Zhang, Y.; Lutz, J.-F.; Flood, A. H., Chain Entropy Beats Hydrogen Bonds to Unfold and Thread Dialcohol Phosphates inside Cyanostar Macrocycles to form [3]Pseudorotaxanes. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86. DOI

Chain Entropy Beats Hydrogen Bonds to Unfold and Thread Dialcohol Phosphates inside Cyanostar Macrocycles to form [3]Pseudorotaxanes

151. Liu, Y.; Parks, F. C.; Sheetz, E. G.; Chen, C.-H.; Flood, A. H. Polarity-Tolerant Chloride Binding in Foldamer Capsules by Programmed Solvent-Exclusion, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3191-3204. DOI

Polarity-Tolerant Chloride Binding in Foldamer Capsules by Programmed Solvent-Exclusion

 

2020

150. Neal, J. F.; Saha, A.; Zerkle, M.; Zhao, W.; Rogers, M.; Flood, A. H.; Allen, H. C., Molecular recognition and hydration energy mismatch combine to inform ion binding selectivity at aqueous interfaces, J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 10171-10180. DOI

Molecular recognition and hydration energy mismatch combine to inform ion binding selectivity at aqueous interfaces

149. Ito, T.; Coceancigh, H.; Yi, Y.; Sharma, J. N.; Parks, F. C.; Flood, A. H., Nanoporous Thin Films Formed from Photocleavable Diblock Copolymers on Gold Substrates Modified with Thiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers, Langmuir 2020, 36, 9259-9268. DOI

Nanoporous Thin Films Formed from Photocleavable Diblock Copolymers on Gold Substrates Modified with Thiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers

148. Zhao, W.; Flood, A. H.; White, N. G. Recognition and Applications of Anion–Anion Dimers based on Anti-Electrostatic Hydrogen Bonds (AEHBs), Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 7893-7906. DOI

Recognition and Applications of Anion–Anion Dimers based on Anti-Electrostatic Hydrogen Bonds (AEHBs)

147. Dhara, A.; Sadhukhan, T.; Sheetz, E. G.; Olsson, A. H.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood A. H., Zero-overlap Fluorophores for Fluorescent Studies at Any Concentration, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020 142, 12167-12180. DOI

Zero-overlap Fluorophores for Fluorescent Studies at Any Concentration

146. Grooms, A. J.; Neal, J. F.; Ng, K. C.; Zhao, Z.; Flood, A. H., Allen, H. C., Thermodynamic Signatures of the Origin of Anti-Hofmeister Selectivity for Phosphate at Aqueous Interfaces, J. Phys. Chem. A 2020 124, 5621-5630. DOI

Thermodynamic Signatures of the Origin of Anti-Hofmeister Selectivity for Phosphate at Aqueous Interfaces

145. Van Craen, D.; Flynn, I. G.; Carta, V.; Flood, A. H., Bimetallic Bis-anion Cascade Complexes of Magnesium in Non-Aqueous Solution, Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 5939-5948. DOI

Bimetallic Bis-anion Cascade Complexes of Magnesium in Non-Aqueous Solution

144. Castillo, H. D.; Yang, J.; Debnath, S.; Dobscha, J. R.; Trainor, C. Q.; Mortensen, R. D.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H.; Ortoleva, P. J.; Tait, S. L., Solution-Mediated Annealing Pathways are Critical for Supramolecular Ordering of Complex Macrocycles at Surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020 124, 6689-6699. DOI

Solution-Mediated Annealing Pathways are Critical for Supramolecular Ordering of Complex Macrocycles at Surfaces

143. Benson, C. R.; Kacenauskaite, L.; VanDenburgh, K. L.; Zhao, W.; Qiao, B.; Sadhukhan, T.; Pink, M.; Chen, J.; Borgi, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Davis, B. J.; Simon, Y. C.; Raghavachari, K.; Laursen, B. W.; Flood, A. H., Plug-and-play Optical Materials from Fluorescent Dyes and Macrocycles, Chem, 2020. 6, 1978-1997. DOI

Plug-and-play Optical Materials from Fluorescent Dyes and MacrocyclesVolcano

142. Zhao, W.; Tropp, J.; Qiao, B.; Pink, M.; Azoulay, J. D.; Flood, A. H., Tunable Adhesion from Stoichiometry-controlled and Sequence-defined Supramolecular Polymers Emerges Hierarchically from Cyanostar-stabilized Anion-anion Attractions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020. 142, 2579–2591. DOI

Tunable Adhesion from Stoichiometry-controlled and Sequence-defined Supramolecular Polymers Emerges Hierarchically from Cyanostar-stabilized Anion-anion Attractions

141. VanDenburgh, K. L.; Liu, Y.; Sadhukhan, T.; Benson, C. R.; Cox, N. M.; Erbas-Cakmak, S.; Qiao, B.; Gao, X.; Pink, M.; Raghavachari, K.; and Flood, A. H., Multi-State Amine Sensing by Electron Transfers in a BODIPY Probe, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 431-440. DOI

Multi-State Amine Sensing by Electron Transfers in a BODIPY Probe

 

2019

140. Dobscha, J. R.; Castillo, H.; Li, Y.; Fadler, R.; Taylor, R.; Brown, A.; Trainor, C. Q.; Tait, S. L.; Flood, A. H., Sequence-defined Macrocycles for Understanding and Controlling the Build-up of Hierarchical Order in Self-assembled 2D Arrays, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17588-17600. DOI

Sequence-defined Macrocycles for Understanding and Controlling the Build-up of Hierarchical Order in Self-assembled 2D Arrays

139. Liu, Y.; Zhao, W.; Chen, C.-H.; Flood, A. H., Chloride capture using a C–H hydrogen bonding cage, Science. 2019, 365, 159-161. (Nominated for Molecule of the Year by Chemical and Engineering News) DOI

Chloride capture using a C–H hydrogen bonding cage

138. Neal, J. F.; Zhao, W.; Grooms, A. J.; Smeltzer, M. A.; Shook, B. M.; Flood, A. H.; Allen H. C., Interfacial Supramolecular Structures of Amphiphilic Receptors Drive Aqueous Phosphate Recognition, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 7876–7886. DOI

Interfacial Supramolecular Structures of Amphiphilic Receptors Drive Aqueous Phosphate Recognition

137. Zhao, W.; Qiao, B.; Tropp, J.; Pink, M.; Azoulay, J.; Flood, A. H., Linear Supramolecular Polymers Driven by Anion-Anion Dimerization of Difunctional Phosphonate Monomers inside Cyanostar Macrocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4980-4989. DOI

Linear Supramolecular Polymers Driven by Anion-Anion Dimerization of Difunctional Phosphonate Monomers inside Cyanostar Macrocycles Volcano

136. Andersen, S.; Saad, A. W.; Kristensen. R.; Pedersen T. S.; O’Driscoll, L. J.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O., Salts accelerate the switching kinetics of a cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) [2]rotaxane, Org. Biol. Chem. 2019, 17, 2432-2441. DOI

Salts accelerate the switching kinetics of a cyclobis [2]rotaxane

 

2018

135. Parks, F. C.; Liu, Y.; Stutsman, S. R.; Debnath, S.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., “Allosteric Control of Photofoldamers for Selecting between Anion Regulation and Double-to-Single Helix Switching, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 17711-17723. DOI

Allosteric Control of Photofoldamers for Selecting between Anion Regulation and Double-to-Single Helix Switching

134. Liu, Y.; Parks, F. C.; Zhao, W.; Flood, A. H., “Sequence-controlled Stimuli-responsive Single-Double Helix Conversion between 1:1 and 2:2 Chloride-Foldamer Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 15477-15486. DOI

Sequence-controlled Stimuli-responsive Single-Double Helix Conversion between 1:1 and 2:2 Chloride-Foldamer Complexes

133. Castillo, H., Espinosa-Duran, J. M.; Dobscha, J. R.; Ashley, D. C.; Debnath, S.; Hirsch, B. E.; Schrecke, S. R.; Baik, M.-H.; Ortoleva, P. J.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H.; Tait, S. L., Amphiphile Self-Assembly Dynamics at the Solution-Solid Interface Reveal Asymmetry in Head/Tail Desorption, Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 10076-10079. DOI

Amphiphile Self-Assembly Dynamics at the Solution-Solid Interface Reveal Asymmetry in Head/Tail Desorption

132. Sengupta, A.; Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H., Raghavachari, Anion-binding Macrocycles Operate Beyond the Electrostatic Regime: Interaction Distances Matter, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 14409-14417. DOI

First Image for Anion-binding Macrocycles Operate Beyond the Electrostatic Regime: Interaction Distances Matter Second Image for Anion-binding Macrocycles Operate Beyond the Electrostatic Regime: Interaction Distances Matter

131. Qiao, B.; Leverick, G.; Zhao, W.; Flood, A. H.; Johnson, J; Shao-Horn, Y., Supramolecular Regulation of Anions Enhances Conductivity and Transference Number of Lithium in Liquid Electrolytes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018 140, 10932–10936. DOI

Supramolecular Regulation of Anions Enhances Conductivity and Transference Number of Lithium in Liquid Electrolytes Volcano

130. Neal, J.; Zhao, W.; Grooms, A.; Flood, A. H.; Allen, H., Arginine-Phosphate Recognition Enhanced in Phospholipid Monolayers at Aqueous Interfaces, J. Phys. Chem. C 2018 122, 26362-26371. DOI

Arginine-Phosphate Recognition Enhanced in Phospholipid Monolayers at Aqueous Interfaces Volcano

129. Sheetz, E. G.; Qiao, B.; Pink, M.; Flood, A. H., Programmed Negative Allostery with Guest-selected Rotamers Control Anion-anion Complexes of Stackable Macrocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 7773-7777. DOI

Programmed Negative Allostery with Guest-selected Rotamers Control Anion-anion Complexes of Stackable Macrocycles

128. Benson, C. R.; Maffeo, C.; Fatila, E. M.; Liu, Y.; Sheetz, E. G.; Aksimentiev, A.; Singharoy, A.; Flood, A. H., “Inchworm movement of two rings switching onto a thread by biased Brownian diffusion: a three-body problem” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2018,38, 9391-9396. DOI

Inchworm movement of two rings switching onto a thread by biased Brownian diffusion: a three-body problem

127. Dobscha, J. R.; Debnath, S.; Fadler, R. E.; Fatila, E. M.; Pink, M.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Host-host Interactions Control Self-assembly and Switching of Triple and Double Decker Stacks of Tricarbazole Macrocycles Co-assembled with Anti-electrostatic Bisulfate Dimers, Chem. Eur. J.  2018, 24, 9841-9852. DOI

Host-host Interactions Control Self-assembly and Switching of Triple and Double Decker Stacks of Tricarbazole Macrocycles Co-assembled with Anti-electrostatic Bisulfate Dimers

126. Fatila, E. M.; Pink, M.; Twum, E. B.; Karty, J. A.; Flood, A. H., Phosphate-phosphate oligomerization drives higher order co-assemblies with stacks of cyanostar macrocycles, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 2863-2872. Cover Art. DOI

Phosphate-phosphate oligomerization drives higher order co-assemblies with stacks of cyanostar macrocycles

125. Zahran, E. M.; Fatila, E. M.; Chen, C.-H, Flood, A. H.; Bachas, L. G., Cyanostar: C–H Hydrogen Bonding Neutral Carrier Scaffold for Anion-Selective Sensors, Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 1925-1933. DOI

Cyanostar: C–H Hydrogen Bonding Neutral Carrier Scaffold for Anion-Selective Sensors

124. Gibb, B. C.; Flood, A. H.; Cremer P. S.; Mobley, D. L., “Collaborative Routes to Clarifying the Murky Waters of Aqueous Supramolecular Chemistry” Nat. Chem. 2018, 10, 8-16. DOI

Collaborative Routes to Clarifying the Murky Waters of Aqueous Supramolecular Chemistry

2017

123. Witlicki, E. H. Bähring, S.; Johnson, C.; Solano, M. V.; Nielsen, K. A.; Silverstein, D. W.; Marlatt, C. W.; Jensen, L.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Flood, A. H.; Enhanced detection of explosives by turn-on resonance Raman upon host-guest complexation in solution and solid state, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 10918-10921. DOI

Enhanced detection of explosives by turn-on resonance Raman upon host-guest complexation in solution and solid state

122. Larsen, K. R.; Bähring, S.; Supur, M.; Nielsen, K. A.; Poulsen, T.; Ohkubo, K.; Marlatt, C. W.; Miyazaki, E.; Takimiya, K.; Flood, A. H.; Fukuzumi, S.; Jeppesen, J. O.,  Ionic manipulation of charge-transfer and photo-dynamics of [60]fullerene confined in pyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalene cage, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 9898-9901. DOI

Ionic manipulation of charge-transfer and photo-dynamics of [60]fullerene confined in pyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalene cage

121. Zhao, W.; Qiao, B.; Chen, C.-H., Flood, A. H., High Fidelity Multi-state Switching with Anion-Anion and Acid-Anion Dimers of Organophosphates in Cyanostar Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13083-13087 DOI

High Fidelity Multi-state Switching with Anion-Anion and Acid-Anion Dimers of Organophosphates in Cyanostar Complexes

120. Liu, Y.; Sengupta, A.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Anion binding in solution: Beyond the electrostatic regime, Chem. 2017, 3, 411-427 DOI

Anion binding in solution: Beyond the electrostatic regime Volcano

119. Fatila, E. M.; Twum, E. B.; Karty, J. A.; Flood, A. H., Ion-pairing and Co-facial Stacking Drive High-fidelity Bisulfate Assembly with Cyanostar Macrocyclic Hosts, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 10652-10662 DOI

Ion-pairing and Co-facial Stacking Drive High-fidelity Bisulfate Assembly with Cyanostar Macrocyclic Hosts

118. Hirsch, B. E.; McDonald, K. P.; Tait, S. L.; Flood, A. H., Physical and chemical model of ion stability and movement within the dynamic and voltage-gated STM tip-surface tunneling junction. Faraday Trans. 2017, 204, 159-172. DOI

Physical and chemical model of ion stability and movement within the dynamic and voltage-gated STM tip-surface tunneling junction

117. Qiao, B.; Hirsch, B. E.; Lee, S.; Pink, M.; Chen, C.-H., Laursen, B. W.; Flood, A. H., Ion-Pair Oligomerization of Chromogenic Triangulenium Cations with Cyanostar-modified Anions That Controls Emission in Hierarchical Materials. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6226-6233. DOI

Ion-Pair Oligomerization of Chromogenic Triangulenium Cations with Cyanostar-modified Anions That Controls Emission in Hierarchical Materials

2016

116. Dobscha, J. R.; Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H., Shape-persistent Anion Receptors. In Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II; Elsevier, 2016

115. Qiao, B.; Liu, Y.; Lee, S.; Pink, M.; Flood, A. H., High-yield Synthesis and Acid-base Response of Phosphate-templated [3]Rotaxanes, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 13675-13678. DOI

High-yield Synthesis and Acid-base Response of Phosphate-templated [3]Rotaxanes

114. Benson, C. R.; Fatila, E. M.; Lee, S.; Marzo, M. G.; Pink, M.; Mills, M. B.; Preuss, K. E.; Flood, A. H., Extreme Stabilization and Redox Switching of Organic Anions and Radical Anions by Large-cavity, CH Hydrogen-Bonding Cyanostar Macrocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15057-15065. DOI (See highlight in Cutting Edge Chemistry from the ACS)

Extreme Stabilization and Redox Switching of Organic Anions and Radical Anions by Large-cavity, CH Hydrogen-Bonding Cyanostar Macrocycles

113. Fatila, E. M.;Twum, E. B.; Sengupta, A.; Pink, M.; Karty, J. A.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Anions Stabilize Each Other inside Macrocyclic Hosts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14057-14062. DOI (See highlghts in C&EN, Quartz, Spectroscopy Now, NSF, and IU Press Release, as well as in the popular press).

Anions Stabilize Each Other inside Macrocyclic Hosts

112. Qiao, B.; Anderson, J. R.; Pink, P.; Flood, A. H., Size-matched Recognition of Large Anions by Cyanostar Macrocycles is Saved when Solvent-bias is Avoided, Chem. Comm. 2016, 52, 8683-8686. DOI 

Size-matched Recognition of Large Anions by Cyanostar Macrocycles is Saved when Solvent-bias is Avoided

111. Liu, Y.; Singharoy, A.; Mayne, C. G.; Sengupta, A.; Raghavachari, K.; Shulten, K.; Flood, A. H., Flexibility Coexists with Shape-Persistence in Cyanostar Macrocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4843–4851 DOI

Flexibility Coexists with Shape-Persistence in Cyanostar Macrocycles

110. Flood, A. H., Creating molecular macrocycles for anion recognition, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 611-627. DOI

Creating molecular macrocycles for anion recognition

109. Benson, C. R.; Share, A. I.; Marzo, M. G.; Flood, A. H., Double switching of two rings in palindromic [3]pseudorotaxanes: Cooperativity and mechanism of motion, Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 3767–3776 DOI

Double switching of two rings in palindromic [3]pseudorotaxanes: Cooperativity and mechanism of motion

108. Lee, S.; Hirsch, B. E.; Liu, Y.; Dobscha, J. R.; Burke, D. W.; Tait, S. L.; Flood, A. H., Multifunctional Tricarbazolo Triazolophane Macrocycles: One-Pot Preparation, Anion Binding, and Hierarchical Self-Organization of Multilayers, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 560–569. Cover Art DOI

Tricarb macrocyclesCover

 

2015

107. Qiao, B.; Sengupta, A.; Liu, Y.; McDonald, K. P.; Pink, M.; Anderson, J.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Electrostatic and Allosteric Cooperativity in Ion-pair Binding: A Quantitative and Coupled Experiment-Theory Study with Aryl-Triazole-Ether Macrocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 9746-9757. DOI

ion pairs

106. Singharoy, A.; Venkatakrishnan, B.; Liu, Y.; Mayne, C. G.; Lee, S.; Chen, C-H.; Zlotnick, A.; Shulten, K.; Flood, A. H., Macromolecular Crystallography for Synthetic Abiological Molecules: Combining xMDFF and PHENIX for Structure Determination of Cyanostar Macrocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8810-8818. DOI

xMDFF

105. Hirsch, B. E.; McDonald, K. P.; Flood, A. H.; Tait, S. L., Living on the Edge: Tuning Supramolecular Interactions to Design Two-dimensional Organic Crystals near the Boundary of Two Stable Structural Phases, J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142, 101914. DOI

Balance

2014

104. Hirsch, B. E.; McDonald, K. P.; Qiao, B.; Tait, S. L.; Flood, A. H., Crystal Switching and Anion Binding in Surface Monolayers Modulated by Electric Fields from Scanning Probes, ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 10858–10869. DOI

surface switch

103. Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H., Ch. 9: Synergistic Effects in Double Helical Foldamers, Synergy in Supramolecular Chemistry, Ed. Tatsuya Nabeshima, CRC Press, 2014. (Link 1)

surface switch

102. McDonald, K. P.; Qiao, B.; Twum, E. B.; Lee, S.; Gamache, P. J.; Chen, C.-H.; Yi, Y.; Flood, A. H., Chloride-binding poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymers bearing aryl-triazole side chains induce changes in polymer size and enhance salt extraction, Chem. Commun., 69, DOI

Polymers

101. Lee, S.; Hua, Y.; Flood, A. H., Beta Sheet-Like Hydrogen Bonds Interlock the Helical Turns of a Photoswitchable Foldamer to Enhance the Binding and Release of Chloride, J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79. DOI

JOC TOC

100. Hirsch, B. E. Lee, S.; Qiao, B.; Chen, C.-H.; McDonald, K. P.; Tait, S. L.; Flood, A. H., Anion-induced dimerization of 5-fold symmetric cyanostars in 3D crystalline solids and 2D self-assembled crystals, Chem. Commun. 2014, 69, 9827–9830. DOI (From themed collection Scanning Probe Studies of Molecular Systems) Cover Art

See also the Press Release: IU Newsroom

News coverage by the DOE Office of Science homepage

STm Cyanostar TOC Cover Art: CS Cover

99. Chen, T.-H.; Lee, S.; Flood, A. H.; Miljanic, O. S., How to print a crystal structure model in 3D, CrystEngComm 2014, 16, 5488–5493. OPEN ACCESS–DOI Cover Art

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3D PrintingCover Art: 3D Cover

98. Andersen, S. S.; Share, A. I.; Poulsen, B. L. C.; Korner, M.; Duedal, T.; Benson, C. R.; Hansen, S. W.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Flood, A. H., Mechanistic Evaluation of Motion in Redox-Driven Rotaxanes Reveal Longer Linkers Hasten Forward Escapes and Hinder Backward Translations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6373–6384. DOI

SML

97. Ramabhadran, R. O.; Liu, Y.; Hua, Y.; Ciardi, M.; Flood, A. H.; Raghavachari, K., An Overlooked yet Ubiquitous Fluoride Congenitor: Binding Bifluoride in Triazolophanes using Computer-Aided Design, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5078–5089. DOI

CAD Bifluoride

96. Ramabhadran, R. O.; Hua, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Raghavachari, K., C vs N: Which End of the Cyanide Anion is a Better Hydrogen Bond Acceptor?, J. Phys. Chem. 2014,118, 7418–7423. DOI (8th Most Downloaded JPCA article for April, 2014)

CN?

95. Benson, C. R.; Hui, A. K.; Parimal, K.; Cook, B. J.; Chen, C.-H.; Lord, R. L.; Flood, A. H.; Caulton, K. C., Amplifying the Redox Activity of a bis-Tetrazine Pincer Ligand, Dalton. 2014, 43, 6513–6524. DOI

Amplify

94. Manck, L. E.; Benson, C. R.; Share, A. I.; Park, H.; Vander Griend, D. A.; Flood, A. H., Self-Assembly Snapshots of a 2×2 Copper(I) Grid, Supramol. Chem. 2014, 26, 267–279. (Special Issue for the ISMSC-8, Arlington, VA, July 7-11, 2013) DOI

GridsSC Cover

 

2013

93. Hua, Y; Liu, Y; Chen, C.-H.; Flood, A. H., Hydrophobic Collapse of Foldamer Capsules Drives Picomolar-Level Chloride Binding in Aqueous Acetonitrile Solutions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14401–14412. DOI

Hydrophobic

92. Lee, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Flood, A. H., A pentagonal cyanostar macrocycle with cyanostilbene CH donors binds anions and forms dialkylphosphate [3]rotaxanes, Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 704-710. DOI

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Nature Chemistry

91. Sorensen, A.; Andersen S. S.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O., Pressure effects in the synthesis of isomeric rotaxanes, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 5936–5938. DOI

Pressure

90. Lee, S.; Flood, A. H., Photoresponsive receptors for binding and releasing anions (Mini Review), J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2013 26, 79-86. Cover Art DOI

JPOC

 

2012

89. Book Chapter: Benson, C. R.; Share, A. I., Flood, A. H., Bioinspired Molecular Machines, in Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Chemistry: Reverse Engineering Nature, Ed. Swiegers, G. F., Wiley, Hoboken, 2012. ebook

Bioinspiration

88. Andersen, S. S.; Jensen, M.; Sorensen, A.; Miyazaki, E.; Takimiya, K.; Laursen, B. W.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O., Anion effects on the cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) host, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5157-5159. DOI

Anion effects on CBPQT

87. Coskun, A.; Spruell, J. M.; Barin, G.; Dichtel, W. R.; Flood, A. H.; Botros, Y. Y., Stoddart, J. F., High hopes: Can molecular electronics realise its potential? Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 4827-4859. DOI Cover Art

CSR Cover 2012

86. Book Chapter: Flood, A. H.; Kaifer, A. E., Supramolecular Electrochemistry, (Volume 2: Techniques), in Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Nanomaterial, Eds. Gale, P. A.; Steed, J. W., John Wiley and Sons, 2012. DOI

Wiley Book

85 Lee, S.; Flood, A. H., Binding anions in rigid and reconfigurable triazole receptors, Topics Het. Chem. 2012, 28, 85-107. DOI
(This volume of Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry entitled Click Triazoles and Edited by Janez Kosmrlj was one of the top three to be downloaded during 2013.)

Topics 2012

84 Stojanovic, S.; Turner, D. A.; Share, A. I.; Flood, A. H.; Hadad, C. M.; Badjic, J. D., A stereodynamic and redox-switchable encapsulation complex containing and copper ion held by a tris-quinolinyl baskey, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 4429-4431. DOI

Basket 2012

83 Hansen, S. W.; Stein, P. C.; Sorensen, A.; Share, A. I.; Witlicki, E. H.; Kongsted, J.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O., Quantification of the pi-pi Interactions that Govern Tertiary Structure in Donor-Acceptor [2]Pseudorotaxanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 3857-3863. DOI

Protein analogy

82 McDonald, K. P.; Hua, Y.; Lee, S.; Flood, A. H., Shape Persistence Delivers Lock-and-Key Chloride Binding in Triazolophanes, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5065-5075. Cover Art DOI

CC CLP Cover Lock and Key

2011

81 Flood, A. H., Profile: Early Excellence in Physical Organic Chemistry J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2011 DOI

80 McDonald, K. P.; Ramabhadran, R. O.; Lee, S.; Raghavachari, K., Flood, A. H., Polarized Naphthalimide CH Donors Enhance Cl Binding Within an Aryl-Triazole Receptor, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6260-6263. DOI

Cyanide

79 Parimal, K.; Vyas, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Hadad, C. M.; Flood, A. H., Bond Elongation in the Anion Radical of Coordinated Tetrazine Ligands: A Crystallographic, Spectroscopic and Computational Study of a Reduced {Re(CO)3Cl} Complex, Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2011, 374, 620-626. Special Issue Dedicated to Wolfgang Kaim. DOI

logic

78 Ramabhadran, R. O.; Hua, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Raghavachari, K., From Atomic to Molecular Anions: A Neutral Receptor Captures Cyanide using Strong C–H Hydrogen Bonds, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 9123-9129. DOI

Cyanide

77 Li, Y.-j.; Zhao, Y.-j.; Flood, A. H.; Liu, C.; Liu, H.-b.; Li, Y.-l., Nanometer-Sized Reactor—A Porphyrin-Based Model System for Anion Species, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 7499-7505. DOI

logic

76 Witlicki, E. H.; Johnsen, C.; Hansen, S. W.; Silverstein, D. W.; Bottomley, V. J.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Wong, E. W.; Jensen, L.; Flood, A. H. Molecular Logic Gates Using Surface-Enhanced Raman-Scattered Light, J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2011, 133, 7288–7291. DOI

logic

75 Hua, Y.; Ramabhadran, R. O.; Karty, J. A.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Two levels of conformational pre-organization consolidate strong CH hydrogen bonds in chloride-triazolophane complexes, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5979-5981. DOI

preorganization

74 Zahran, E. M.; Hua, Y.; Lee, S.; Flood, A. H.; Bachas, L. G., Ion-selective electrodes based on a pyridyl-containing triazolophane: Manipulating halide selectivity by mixing dipole-promoted cooperativity with hydrogen bonding, Anal. Chem. 2011, 83, 3455-3461. DOI

tug

73 Hua, Y.; Ramabhadran, R. O.; Uduehi, E. O.; Karty, J. A.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Aromatic and aliphatic CH hydrogen bonds fight for chloride while competing alongside ion pairing within triazolophanes, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 312-321. DOI.

tug

 

2010

72 Hua, Y.; Flood, A. H., Flipping the switch on chloride concentrations with a light-active foldamer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12838-12840. DOI.

light

 

71 Witlicki, E. H.; Andersen, S. S.; Hansen, S. W.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Wong, E. W.; Jensen, L. Flood, A. H., Turning on resonant SERRS using the chromophore-plasmon coupling created by host-guest complexation at a plasmonic nanoarray, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6099-6107. DOI

SERRS

 

70 Lee, S.; Hua, Y. Park, H.; Flood, A. H., Intramolecular hydrogen bonds preorganize aryl-triazole receptor into a crescent for chloride binding, Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2100-2101. DOI

pre

 

69 Parimal, K.; Witlicki, E. H.; Flood, A. H., Two different classes of architectures can be interconverted by reduction of a self-sorting mixture, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4628-4632. DOI

architectures

 

68 Share, A. I.; Flood, A. H., Thinking inside and outside the box (News and Views Article), Nature Chem. 2010, 2, 349-350. DOI

box

67 Share, A. I.; Parimal, K.; Flood, A. H., Bilability is defined when one electron is used to switch between concerted and step-wise pathways in Cu(I)-based bistable [2/3]pseudorotaxanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132. 1665-1675. DOI

bilabile

66 Hua, Y.; Flood, A. H., Click chemistry generates priviliged CH hydrogen-bonding triazoles: the latest addition to anion supramolecular chemistry, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 1262-1271. DOI

CSR

65. McDonald, K. P.; Hua, Y.; Flood, A. H., 1,2,3-Triazoles and the Expanding Utility of Charge Neutral CH•••Anion Interactions, Anion Receptors Special Issue in Topic in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Springer, 2010. DOI

THC

64. Trabolsi, A.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Dey, S. K.; Share, A. I.; Friedman, D. C.; Basu, S.; Gasa, T. B.; Khashab, N. M.; Saha, S.; Aprahamian, I.; Khatib, H. A.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart J. F., A tristable [2]pseudo[2]rotaxane, Chem. Commun. 2010 46, 871-873. DOI

63 Zahran, E.; Hua, Y.; Li, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Bachas , L. G., Triazolophanes: A new class of halide-selective ionophores for potentiometric sensors, Anal. Chem. 2010,  82, 368-375. DOI

ISE

 

 

2009

62 Li, G.; Parimal, K.; Vyas, S.; Hadad, C. M.; Flood, A. H.; Glusac, K. D., Pinpointing the extent of electronic delocalization in the Re(I)-to-tetrazine charge-separated excited state using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11656-11657. DOI

61 Witlicki, E. H.; Hansen, S.; Christensen, M.; Hansen, T.; Nygaard, S.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Wong, E. W.; Jensen, L.; Flood, A. H., Determination of binding strengths of a host-guest complex using resonance Raman scattering, J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 9450-9457. DOI

60 Bandyopadhyay, I.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H., Strong CH•••halide hydrogen bonds from 1,2,3-triazoles quantified using pre-organized and shape-persistent triazolophanes, ChemPhysChem. 2009, 10, 2535-2540. DOI

59 Li, Y.; Vander Griend, D. A.; Flood, A. H., Modelling triazolophane-halide binding equilibria using Sivvu analysis of UV-vis titration data recorded under medium binding conditions, Supramolec. Chem. 2009, 21, 111-117. (Special Issue for the III International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Las Vegas 2008), PDF or DOI

58. Juluri, B. K.; Kumar, A. S.; Liu, Y.; Ye, T.; Yang, Y.-W.; Flood, A. H.; Fang, L.; Stoddart, J. F.; Weiss, P. S.; Huang, T. J., A mechanical actuator driven electrochemically by artificial molecular muscles, ACS Nano 2009, 3, 291-300. DOI

57 McNitt, K. A.; Parimal, K.; Share, A. I.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Witlicki, E. H.; Pink, M.; Bediako, D. K.; Plaisier, C. L.; Le, N.; Heeringa, L. P.; Vander Griend, D. A.; Flood, A. H., Reduction of a redox-active ligand drives switching in a Cu(I) pseudorotaxane by a bimolecular mechanism, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 1305-1313. DOI

56. Zheng, Y. B.; Yang, Y-W.; Jensen, L.; Fang, L.; Juluri, B. K.; Flood, A. H.; Weiss, P. S.; Stoddart, J. F.; Huang, T. J., Active molecular plasmonics: Controlling plasmon resonances with molecular switches, Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 819-825. DOI

2008

55 Li, Y.; Pink, M.; Karty, J. A.; Flood, A. H., Dipole-Promoted and Size-Dependent Cooperativity between Pyridyl-Containing Triazolophanes and Halides Leads to Persistent Sandwich Complexes with Iodide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 17293-17295. DOI

54 Koshkakaryan, G.; Parimal, K.; He, J.; Zhang, X.; Abliz, Z.; Flood, A. H.; Liu, Y., pi-Stacking enhanced dynamic and redox-switchable self-assembly of donor-acceptor metallo-[2]catenanes from diimide derivatives and crown ethers, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 10211-10218. DOI

53 Li, Y.; Flood, A. H., “Strong, size-selective, and electronically-tunable C–H•••halide binding with steric control over aggregation from synthetically modular, shape-persistent [34]triazolophanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12111-12122. DOI

52   Li, Y.; Flood, A. H., "Pure CH hydrogen bonding to chloride ions: A pre-organized and rigid macrocyclic receptor," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2649-2652. DOI

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2007

51.   Saha, S.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Impellizzeri, S.; Silvi, S.; Venturi, M.; Credi, A., “A redox-driven multicomponent molecular shuttle,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12159-12171.

50.   Ikeda, T.; Saha, S.; Aprahamian, I.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Williams, A.; Deng, W. Q.; Flood, A.H.; Goddard, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F., “Toward electrochemically controllable tristable three-station [2]catenanes,” Chem. Asian J. 2007, 2, 76-93.

49   Nygaard, S.; Laursen, B. W.; Hansen, T. S.; Bond, A. D.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O., “Preparation of cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene)-based [2]rotaxanes without flexible glycol chains”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6093-6097. DOI

48    Nygaard, S.; Hansen, S. W.; Huffman, J. C.; Jensen, F.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O. “Two Classes of Alongside Charge-Transfer Interactions Defined in One [2]Catenane,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7354-7363. DOI

47     Li, Y.; Huffman, J. C.; Flood, A. H. “Can Terdentate 2,6-Bis(1,2,3-Triazol-4-yl)Pyridines form Stable Coordination Compounds?” Chem. Commun. 2007, 2692-2694. DOI

46    Nygaard, S.; Liu, Y.; Stein, P. C.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O. “Using Molecular Force to Overcome Steric Barriers in a Spring-Like Molecular Ouroborous,” Adv. Funct. Mat. 2007, 17, 751-762.

45.    Nygaard, S.; Leung, K. C.-F.; Aprahamian, I.; Ikeda, T.; Saha, S.; Laursen, B. W.; Kim, S.-Y.; Hansen, S. W.; Stein, P. C.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Jeppesen, J. O., “Functionally Rigid Bistable [2]Rotaxanes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 960-970.

44.    Bunker, B. C.; Huber, D. L.; Kushmerick, J. G.; Dunbar, T.; Kelly, M.; Matzke, C.; Cao, J.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Perkins, J.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F. “Switching Surface Chemistry with Supramolecular Machines,” Langmuir 2007, 23, 31-34.

43.    Flood, A. H.; McAdam, C. J.; Gordon, K. C.; Kjaergaard, H. G.; Manning, A. M.; Robinson, B. H.; Simpson, J. “Electronic Stucture and Near-IR Transitions of FcC2R and FcC4R Dyads,” Polyhedron 2007, 26, 448-455.

2006


42*    Nygaard, S.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Bond, A. D. “Cis- and Trans-Bis(2-cyanoethylsulfanyl)(decane-1,10-diyldithio)Tetrathiafulvalene,” Acta. Cryst. C 2006, 62, 677-680.

41.    Leung, K. C. F.; Mendes, P. M.; Magonov, S. N.; Northrop, B. H.; Kim, S.; Patel, K.; Flood, A. H.; Tseng, H.-R.; Stoddart, J. F. “Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Dendronized Polymers: Reversible Control of the Polymer Architectures through Acid-Base Reactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 129, 10707-10715.

40.     Huang, T.-J.; Flood, A. H.; Brough, B.; Liu, Y.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Kang, S.; Chu, C.-W.; Guo, T.-Z.; Lu, W.; Yang, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Ho, C.-H., “Understanding and Harnessing Biomimetic Molecular Machines for NEMS Actuation Materials,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 2006, 3, 254-259.

39.     Arico, F.; Badjic, J. D.; Cantrill, S. J.; Flood, A. H.; Leung, K. C. F.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart J. F. “Templated Synthesis of Interlocked Molecules,” in Templates in Chemistry Top. Curr. Chem. Eds: Dötz, F. Vogtle, K. Schalley, Springer Verlag, 2005, 249, 203–259.

38.     Flood, A. H.; Nygaard, S.; Laursen, B. W.; Hansen, C.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Stoddart, J. F., “Locking Down the Electronic Structure of (Monopyrrolo)tetrathiafulvalene in [2]Rotaxanes,” Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2205–2208.

37.     Moonen, N. N. P.; Flood, A. H,; Fernandez, J. M.; Stoddart, J. F., “Towards a Rational Design of Molecular Switches and Sensors from their Basic Building Blocks,” Top. Curr. Chem. 2006, 262, 99–132.

36.     Balzani, V.; Clemente-León, M.; Credi, A.; Ferrer, B.; Venturi, M.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart J. F., “An Autonomous Artificial Nanomotor Powered by Sunlight,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2006, 103, 1178–1183.

35.     Flood, A. H.; Wong, E. W.; Stoddart, J. F., “Models of charge transport and transfer in molecular switch tunnel junctions of bistable catenanes and rotaxanes” Chem. Phys. 2006, 324, 280–290. (Special Issue dedicated to Professor Noel S Hush, February 28, 2006)

34.     Nygaard, S.; Laursen, B. W.; Flood, A. H; Hansen, C.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Stoddart, J. F., “Quantifying the Working Stroke of Tetrathiafulvalene Based Electrochemically Driven Linear Motor-Molecules,” Chem. Commun. 2006, 144–146.

33.     Choi, J. W.; Flood, A. H.; Steuerman, D. W.; Nygaard, S.; Braunschweig, A.; Moonen, N. N. P.; Laursen, B. W.; Luo, Y.; DeIonno, E.; Peters, A. J.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Xu, K.; Stoddart, J. F.; Heath, J. R., “Ground State Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Switching Kinetics of Bistable [2]Rotaxane Switched in Solution, Polymer Gels, and Molecular Electronic Devices,” Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 261–279. DOI

2005

32.     Jang, S. S.; Jang, Y. H.; Kim, Y.-H.; Goddard, W. A.; Choi, J. W.; Heath, J. R.; Laursen, B. W.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F., “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Amphiphilic Bistable [2]Rotaxane Langmuir Monolayer at Air/Water Interface,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 14804-14816.

31.     Huang, T.-J.; Liu, Liu, Y.; Brough, B.; Flood, A,. H.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Tseng, H.-R.; Baller, M.; Magonov, S.; Stoddart, J. F.; Ho, C.-H. “A nano-chemo-mechanical actuator based on artificial molecular machines,” Tech. Dig. - IEEE Int. Conf. Micro Electro Mech. Syst., 18th, 2005, 871-874.

30.     Liu, Y.; Saha, S.; Vignon, S. A.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F., “Template-Directed Syntheses of Configurable and Reconfigurable Molecular Switches,” Synthesis-Stuttgart 2005, 3437–3445.

29.     Norgaard, K.; Laursen, B. W.; Nygaard, S.; Kjaer, K.; Tseng, H.-R.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Bjornholm, T., “Structural Evidence for Redox-Controlled Mechanical Switching in Condensed Monolayers of Amphiphilic Bistable Rotaxane Molecules,” Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 7035–7039.

28.     Garaudée, S.; Silvi, S.; Venturi, M.; Credi, A.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F., “Shuttling Dynamics in an Acid-Base-Switchable [2]Rotaxane”, ChemPhysChem 2005, 6, 2145–2152.

27.     Saha, S.; Johanson, L. E.; Flood, A. H.; Bonvallet, P.; Tseng, H.-R.; Shen, C.; Rubin, Y.; Zink, J. I.; Stoddart, J. F., “A Nanoscale Power Supply Utilizing a Photoactive Molecular Triad to Generate a Photo-Voltage and Operate a Supramolecular Machine,” Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 6846–6858.

26.     Nguyen, T; Tseng, H.-R.; Celestre, P. C.; Flood, A. H.; Liu, Y.; Zink, J. I.; Stoddart, J. F. “A Reversible Molecular Valve” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2005, 102, 10029–10034.

25.     Liu, Y., Flood, A. H. Bonvallet, P. A.; Vignon A. S.; Northrup, B.; Tseng. H.-R.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Huang, T. J.; Brough, B.; Baller, M.; Magonov, S.; Solares, S.; Goddard, W. A.; Ho, C.-M.; Stoddart, J. F., “Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 9745–9759.

24.     Deng, W.-Q.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Goddard III, W. A., “Electronic Paper Display Based on a Tristable [2]Catenane,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15994–15995.

23.     Howell, S. L.; Scott, S. M.; Flood, A. H.; Gordon, K. C., “The Effect of Reduction on Rhenium(I) Complexes with Binaphthyridine and Biquinoline Ligands: A Spectroscopic and Computational Study,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 3745–3753

22.     Mendes, P. M.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F., “Molecular Electronic Devices from Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers” Appl. Phys. A, 2005, 80, 1197–1209.

21.     Saha, S.; Johanson, L. E.; Flood, A. H.; Tseng, H.-R.; Zink, J. I.; Stoddart, J. F. “Powering a Supramolecular Machine with a Photoactive Molecular Triad,” Small 2005, 1, 87–90.

20.     Jang, S. S.; Jang, Y.H.; Kim. Y.-H.; Goddard, W. A.; Flood, A. H.; Laursen, B. W.; Tseng, H.-R.; Stoddart, J. F.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Choi, J. W.; Steuerman, D. W.; DeIonno, E.; Heath, J. R., “Self-Assembled Monolayer of the Heath-Stoddart Type Bistable [2]Rotaxane on Au(111) Surface: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 127, 1563–1575.

19.     Liu, Y.; Muscovitz, R.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 369–385.

2004

18.     Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Steuerman, D. W.; Heath, J. R., “Whence Molecular Electronics” Science 2004, 306, 2055–2056. DOI

17.     Flood, A. H.; Peters, A. J.; Vignon, S. A.; Steuerman, D. W.; Tseng, H.-R.; Kang, S.; Heath, J. R.; Stoddart, J. F., “The Role of Physical Environment on Molecular Electromechanical Switching”, Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 6558–6561.


16.     Steuerman, D. W.; Tseng, H.-R.; Peters, A. J.; Flood, A. H.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Nielsen, K. A.; Stoddart, J. F.; Heath, J. R., “Molecular Mechanical Switch-Based Solid-State Electrochromic Devices” Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 6486–6491.

15.     Huang, T. J.; Brough, B.; Ho, C.-M.; Liu, Y.; Flood A, H.; Bonvallet, P.; Tseng, H.-R.; Stoddart, J. F.; Baller, M.; Magonov, S., “From Artificial Molecular Motors to Functional Nanomechanical Devices,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 85, 5391–5393.

14.     Huang, T. J.; Tseng, H.-R.; Sha, L.; Lu, W.; Brough, B.; Flood, A. H.; Yu, B.-D.; Celestre, P. C.; Chang, J. P.; Stoddart, J. F.; Ho, C.-M. “Mechanical Shuttling of Linear Motor-Molecules in Condensed Phases on Solid Substrates,” Nano Lett. 2004, 4, 2065–2071.

13.     Lee, I. C.; Frank, C. W.; Yamamoto, T.; Tseng, H.-R.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F.; Jeppesen, J. O., “Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Amphiphilic Bistable Rotaxanes,” Langmuir 2004, 20, 5809–5828.

12.     Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Stoddart, J. F., “Thermally- and Electrochemically-Controllable Self-Complexing Molecular Switches,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9150–9151.

11.     Polson, M. I. J.; Howell, S. L.; Flood, A. H.; Burrell, A. K.; Blackman, A. G.; Gordon, K. C., “Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Mononuclear Osmium(II) and Rhenium(I) Complexes Containing Ligands Derived from [2,3-a:3’,2’-c]dipyridophenazine (ppb),” Polyhedron 2004, 23, 1427–1439.

10.     Flood, A. H.; Ramirez, R. J. A.; Deng, W.-Q.; Muller, R. P.; Goddard, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F., “Meccano on the Nanoscale – A Blueprint for making Some of the World’s Tiniest Machines,” Aust. J. Chem. 2004, 57, 301–322. DOI

2003

9.     Morgan, J. L.; Flood, A. H.; Gordon, K. C.; Robinson, B. H.; Simpson, J., “Rhenium Carbonyl Complexes of 2,6-Diazaanthracene-9,10-dione(daad): Spectroelectrochemistry of BrRe(CO)(4)daad,” J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 675, 57–64.

8.     Morgan, J. L.; Flood, A.; Gordon, K. C.; Kjaergaard, H. G.; Robinson, B. H.; Simpson, J., “2,6-Diazaanthracene-9,10-dione and its Radical Anion—A Structural and Spectroscopic Investigation,” Aust. J. Chem. 2003, 56, 607–614.

2002

7.     Sherbourne, J. R.; Page, S. E.; Flood, A.; Polson, M. I. J.; Gordon, K. C., “Resonance Raman Spectroelectrochemistry, using a Raman OTTLE Cell, of Molybdenum Tetracarbonyl Complexes with Polypyridine Ligands,” Asian J. Spectros. 2002, 6, 169–177.

6.     Gordon, K. C.; Burrell, A. K.; Simpson, T. J.; Page, S. E.; Kelso, G.; Polson, M. I. J.; Flood, A., “Probing the Nature of the Redox Products and Lowest Excited State of [(bpy)2Ru(m-bptz)Ru(bpy)2]4+: A Resonance Raman Study,” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 554–563.

5.     Page, S. E.; Flood, A.; Gordon, K. C., “Electron Localisation in Electrochemically Reduced Mono- and Bi-Nuclear Rhenium(I) Complexes with Bridged Polypyridyl Ligands,”  J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2002, 1180–1187.

4.     Matthewson, B. J.; Flood, A.; Polson, M. I. J.; Armstrong, C.; Phillips, D. L.; Gordon, K. C., “Vibrational Spectra of Dipyrido[3,2-a : 2 ',3 '-c]phenazine and its Radical Anion Analyzed by Ab Initio Calculations and Deuteration Studies,” Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 2002, 75, 933–942.

3.     Flood, A.; Girling, R.; Hester, R.; Moore, J.; Gordon, K. C.; Polson, M. I. J., “Revealing the Chromophoric Composition of Multichromophoric Polypyridyl Complexes of Re(I) and Os(II): A Resonance Raman Study,” J. Raman Spectrosc. 2002, 33, 434–442.

2000

2.     Waterland, M. R.; Flood, A.; Gordon, K. C., “Metal-to-Ligand Charge-Transfer Excited-States in Binuclear Copper(I) Complexes. Tuning MLCT Excited-States through Structural Modification of Bridging Ligands. A Resonance Raman Study,” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2000, 2, 121–127.

1.     Babaei, A.; Brooksby, P. A.; Flood, A.; McQuillan, A. J., “ATR Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry of the Reduction Products of Anthraquinonesulfonates in Aqueous Solutions,” Appl. Spectrosc. 2000, 54, 496–501.



Patents

  1. US Patent (9,701,621): Flood, A. H., Lee, S.; McDonald, K. P. Poly-cyanostilbene macrocycles, Awarded July 11, 2017 (Filing Date: February 13, 2014)
  2. US Patent (10,202,395 B2): Flood, A. H., Hirsch, B. E., Lee, S.; Tait, S. L., Dobscha, J. R., A novel macrocycle with repeating triazole-carbazole units, Awarded February 12, 2019 (Filing Date: June 1, 2016)
  3. US Patent Application: Flood, A. H., Laursen, B. W. Color matched and bright fluorescent materials composed of small-molecule ionic lattices (Filing Date: March 10, 2019)
  4. US Provisional Patent Application: Flood, A. H., Liu, Y., Aryl triazole cages (Filing Date: May 23, 2018; U.S. Provisional App. No. 62/675,572)
  5. Patent Application (withdrawn): Hua, Y.; Lee, S.; Uduehi, E. O.; Flood, A. H., Controlling concentrations of anions with light using aryl-triazole foldamers, Serial no.: 61/374,880 (2011)