Adsorption of a water-soluble molecular rotor fluorescent probe on hydrophobic surfaces.

Environmentally sensitive molecular rotors are widely used to probe the local molecular environment in e.g. polymer solutions, polymer glasses, and biological systems.

Novel Hydroquinone-Alumina Composites Stabilizing a Guest-Free Clathrate Structure: Applications in Gas Processing.

Organic clathrates formed by hydroquinone (HQ) and gases such as CO and CH are solid supramolecular host-guest compounds in which the gaseous guest molecules are encaged in a host framework of HQ molecules. Not only are these inclusion compounds fascinating scientific curiosities but they can also be used in practical applications such as gas separation. However, the development and future use of clathrate-based processes will largely depend on the effectiveness of the reactive materials used.