Research: Our Expertise
Mass Spectrometry and Gas-Phase Chemistry of
Non-Covalent Complexes
Analytical characterization, structural studies, comparison of reactivity in the condensed and the gas phase for example of hydrogen-bonded capsules, metallosupramolecular helicates, polygons, and polyhedra, or intertwined molecules such as rotaxanes, catenanes and knots
Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Dendrimers
Purity, dispersity, and defect analysis, fragmentation mechanisms, differentiation of structural isomers, host-guest chemistry of dendrons and dendrimers including POPAM, Fréchet-type and persulfonylated dendrimers as well as dendritic self-assembled metallosupramolecular squares.
Synthesis and Characterization of Interlocked Molecules
Templated synthesis and functionalization of interlocked molecules, deslipping kinetics of rotaxanes for the evaluation of the steric size complementarity of the wheel's cavity and the stopper size, controlled molecular movements in molecular devices
Self-Assembly of Metallosupramolecular Polygons and Polyhedra
Formation and ligand exchange mechanisms, thermodynamic and kinetic properties, cages with converging functional groups, dynamic combinatorial libraries
Anion Recognition
Gas-phase studies on anion recognition, C-H/anion interactions, anion/pi interactions