Welcome
Welcome to the Stoddart Mechanostereochemistry Group Website. We are located in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University. We harness molecular recognition and self-assembly processes in template-directed protocols for the synthesis of functionalized and mechanized molecules, prior to their being introduced into integrated nanosystems. The website is oriented towards prospective graduate and postdoctoral students to give them a glimpse of our ongoing research activities as well as ourselves. To learn more about past and present group members, articles published by the group, breaking news and more, we invite you to explore the various sections. To get information on the group leader, please see the Fraser Stoddart section.
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Yunyan Qiu’s Polyrotaxane Synthesizer Published in Science
Posted June 11, 2020
The long-standing challenge in the synthesis of polyrotaxanes with a defined number of rings has been cracked! The collaborative efforts of Postdoctoral Fellow Yunyan...News
A Virtual Honorary Degree for Fraser from HKBU
Posted September 21, 2020
On Friday 11 September Fraser was admitted virtually on Zoom to the Degree of Science Honoris Causa by the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)....
A Supramolecular Nanocomposite Degrades a Mustard Gas Simulant
Posted September 10, 2020
An article by Yassine Beldjoudi and co-workers entitled “Supramolecular Porous Organic Nanocomposites for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis of a Sulfur Mustard Simulant” has just landed on the front...
Breaking Through the 1200 Glass Ceiling
Posted September 4, 2020
A data analysis by Kang Cai of the group’s 1200 publications to date has resulted in this pie-chart in which journals where the group...
Postdoctoral Researcher Dengke Shen Becomes a Professor at Anhui University in China
Posted August 24, 2020
Dengke Shen is leaving his position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at NU to establish his independent academic career in research and teaching in China....