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17. Multi-state amine sensing by electron transfers in a BODIPY probe
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16. Architecture-controlled ring-opening polymerization for dynamic covalent poly(disulfide)s
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14. Chloride capture using a C–H hydrogen bonding cage
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13. Intrachain charge transport through conjugated donor–acceptor oligomers
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12. Allosteric control of photofoldamers for selecting between anion regulation and double-to-single helix switching
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6. Flexibility coexists with shape-persistence in cyanostar macrocycles
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5. Multifunctional tricarbazolo triazolophane macrocycles: One pot preparation, anion binding, and hierarchical self-organization of multilayers
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4. Electrostatic and allosteric cooperativity in ion-pair binding: A quantitative and coupled experiment-theory study with aryl-triazole-ether macrocycles
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3. Macromolecular crystallography for synthetic abiological molecules: Combining xMDFF and PHENIX for structure determination of cyanostar macrocycles
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