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Feringa, Prof. Ben

Ben Feringa
Ben Feringa

Ben Feringa (1951) has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016. Feringa has been professor of Organic Chemistry since 1988. He is one of the best scientists of our time, both within the Netherlands and worldwide. His research performance is so exceptional that he is generally regarded as one of the world’s most creative and productive chemists. He has achieved breakthroughs in various fields of chemistry, including organic synthesis, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology.

His discovery in 1999 of the ‘molecular motor’, a light-driven rotating molecule, is widely recognized as a world-class breakthrough. The potential applications of this concept are as numerous as they are spectacular. The idea that molecular motors can transport themselves through the bloodstream in order to deliver drugs to previously unreachable locations in the human body with a high degree of accuracy is particularly inspiring. It is partly thanks to Feringa that the University of Groningen is undisputedly Europe’s number one in the field of chemistry.

Feringa has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2004 Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch prize in science, awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). In 2008 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) appointed Feringa Academy Professor, giving him the opportunity to concentrate on whatever he wanted in the field of innovative teaching and research for five years. Feringa is the Vice President of the KNAW also. In 2011 he received the Van 't Hoff medal. This is awarded once every ten years by the University of Amsterdam for work in the field of chemistry. In May 2013 he was awarded a TOP grant of EUR 780,000 by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grant is for his research on molecular motors.

In 2013 Feringa was awarded the Lilly European Distinguished Science Award, followed by the Marie Curie Medal, the highest honor awarded annually by the Polish Chemical Society for chemist working outside Poland. Also he was awarded two important Japanese prizes (2013), the prestigious Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society (2014), the Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize (2015) and the Tetrahedron Prize (2016).

Together with Anouk Lubbe, Feringa wrote the book Everyday Molecules, in 2022. The richly illustrated book provides an accessible overview of 180 substances from our daily lives.

Nobel prize

In 2016 Feringa has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Feringa received the prize together with Jean-Pierre Sauvage (France) and Sir James Fraser Stoddart (UK) for their work on the development of molecular machines.

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2024

Eijsink, L. E., Sardjan, A. S., Sinnema, E. G., den Besten, H., Zhang, Y., Hage, R., van den Berg, K. J., Flapper, J., Feringa, B. L., & Browne, W. R. (2024). Activation of alkyl hydroperoxides by manganese complexes of tmtacn for initiation of radical polymerisation of alkenes. Catalysis Science and Technology, 14(9), 2423-2433. Article d4cy00042k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cy00042k
Ramspoth, T. F., Flapper, J., van den Berg, K. J., Feringa, B. L., & Harutyunyan, S. R. (2024). A highly efficient and sustainable catalyst system for terminal epoxy-carboxylic acid ring opening reactions. Green Chemistry, 26(6), 3346-3355. Article d3gc04301k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3gc04301k
van Vliet, S., Sheng, J., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). All-visible-light-driven salicylidene schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors. Nature Communications, 15, Article 6461. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4
Xu, F., Sheng, J., Stindt, C. N., Crespi, S., Danowski, W., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). All-visible-light-driven stiff-stilbene photoswitches. Chemical Science, 15(18), 6763-6769. Article d4sc00983e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc00983e
Hou, J., Wang, J., Ryabchun, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Amplification of Light-Induced Helix Inversion of Intrinsically Chiral Diarylethene Molecular Switches. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(17), Article 2312831. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202312831
Fellert, M., Hein, R., Ryabchun, A., Gisbert, Y., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). A Multiresponsive Ferrocene-Based Chiral Overcrowded Alkene Twisting Liquid Crystals. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), Article e202413047. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413047
McNeice, P., ten Brink, G. H., Gran, U., Karlson, L., Edvinsson, R., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Cellulose modification for sustainable polymers: overcoming problems of solubility and processing. RSC Sustainability, 2(2), 369-376. Article d3su00317e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3su00317e
Lepage, M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H., van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Coating composition comprising a binder polymer obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl monomer and a butenolide monomer. (Patent No. WO2024126828).
Deng, Y., Huang, Z., Feringa, B. L., Tian, H., Zhang, Q., & Qu, D.-H. (2024). Converting inorganic sulfur into degradable thermoplastics and adhesives by copolymerization with cyclic disulfides. Nature Communications, 15, Article 3855. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48097-4
Böhmer, V. I., Szymanski, W., Feringa, B. L., & Elsinga, P. H. (2024). Correction: Multivalent probes in molecular imaging Reality or future?: (Trends in Molecular Medicine, 27:4 p:379-393, 2021). Trends in Molecular Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2024.05.003
van Beek, C. L. F., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Coupled Rotary Motion in Molecular Motors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(8), 5634–5642. Article 3c14430. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14430
Gisbert, Y., Ovalle, M., Costil, R., & Feringa, B. L. (Accepted/In press). Coupling Rotary Motion to Helicene Inversion within a Molecular Motor. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), Article e202416097. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202416097
Deng, Y., Zhang, Q., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Dynamic Chemistry Toolbox for Advanced Sustainable Materials. Advanced science , 11(14), Article 2308666. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202308666
Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2024). Excited State Dynamics in Unidirectional Photochemical Molecular Motors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(18), 12255–12270. Article 4c01019. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01019
Sheng, J., Danowski, W., Sardjan, A. S., Hou, J., Crespi, S., Ryabchun, A., Domínguez, M. P., Jan Buma, W., Browne, W. R., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Formylation boosts the performance of light-driven overcrowded alkene-derived rotary molecular motors. Nature Chemistry, 16(8), 1330–1338. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01521-0
Boëtius, M. E., Hoorens, M. W. H., Ošťadnický, M., Laurent, A. D., di Donato, M., van Wingaarden, A. C. A., Hilbers, M. F., Feringa, B. L., Buma, W. J., Medveď, M., & Szymanski, W. (2024). Getting a molecular grip on the half-lives of iminothioindoxyl photoswitches. Chemical Science, 35, Article d4sc01457j. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc01457j
Stähler, C., Reynaerts, R., Rinkovec, T., Verstraete, L., Heideman, G. H., Minoia, A., Harvey, J. N., Mali, K. S., De Feyter, S., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Highly Ordered Co-Assembly of Bisurea Functionalized Molecular Switches at the Solid-Liquid Interface. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(18), Article e202303994. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303994
Visser, P., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Introduction of Molecular Complexity via the Cross-Coupling of Lithium 1,4-Dioxene with Aryl Bromides. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(61), Article e202402351. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402351
Qutbuddin, Y., Guinart, A., Gavrilović, S., Al Nahas, K., Feringa, B. L., & Schwille, P. (2024). Light-Activated Synthetic Rotary Motors in Lipid Membranes Induce Shape Changes Through Membrane Expansion. Advanced materials, 36(16), Article 2311176. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202311176
Aidibi, Y., Azar, S., Hardoin, L., Voltz, M., Goeb, S., Allain, M., Sallé, M., Costil, R., Jacquemin, D., Feringa, B., & Canevet, D. (2024). Light- and Temperature-Controlled Hybridization, Chiral Induction and Handedness of Helical Foldamers. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), Article e202413629. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413629
Ovalle, M., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Light, Switch, Action! The Influence of Geometrical Photoisomerization in an Adaptive Self-Assembled System. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Article 4c11206. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c11206
van Ewijk, C., Xu, F., Maity, S., Sheng, J., Stuart, M. C. A., Feringa, B. L., & Roos, W. H. (2024). Light-Triggered Disassembly of Molecular Motor-based Supramolecular Polymers Revealed by High Speed-AFM. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(14), Article e202319387. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202319387
Hein, R., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Mix and Match Tuning of the Conformational and Multistate Redox Switching Properties of an Overcrowded Alkene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(38), 26275–26285. Article 4c08284. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c08284
Doellerer, D., Rückert, A.-K., Doria, S., Hilbers, M., Simeth, N. A., Buma, W. J., Di Donato, M., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., & Crespi, S. (2024). Modulation of the isomerization of iminothioindoxyl switches by supramolecular confinement. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 60(70), 9388-9391. Article d4cc02423k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc02423k
Gisbert, Y., Fellert, M., Stindt, C. N., Gerstner, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Molecular Motors' Magic Methyl and Its Pivotal Influence on Rotation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(18), 12609–12619. Article 4c01628. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01628
Lepage, M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H., van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Monomer mixture comprising an n-vinyl monomer and a butenolide monomer and coating compositions derived therefrom. (Patent No. WO2024126832).
Shan, Y., Sheng, J., Zhang, Q., Stuart, M. C. A., Qu, D. H., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Multi-state photoluminescent properties of an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor in aggregates. Aggregate, 5(5), Article e584. https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.584
Sheng, J., Perego, J., Bracco, S., Cieciórski, P., Danowski, W., Comotti, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Orthogonal Photoswitching in a Porous Organic Framework. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(23), Article e202404878. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202404878
Schulte, A. M., Vivien, Q., Leene, J. H., Alachouzos, G., Feringa, B. L., & Szymanski, W. (2024). Photocleavable Protecting Groups Using a Sulfite Self-Immolative Linker for High Uncaging Quantum Yield and Aqueous Solubility. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(47), Article e202411380. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202411380
Parlato, R., Volarić, J., Lasorsa, A., Bagherpoor Helabad, M., Kobauri, P., Jain, G., Miettinen, M. S., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., & van der Wel, P. C. A. (2024). Photocontrol of the β-Hairpin Polypeptide Structure through an Optimized Azobenzene-Based Amino Acid Analogue. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(3), 2062–2071. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c11155
Heuberger, L., Korpidou, M., Guinart, A., Doellerer, D., López, D. M., Schoenenberger, C.-A., Milinkovic, D., Lörtscher, E., Feringa, B. L., & Palivan, C. G. (2024). Photoreceptor-Like Signal Transduction Between Polymer-Based Protocells. Advanced materials, Article 2413981. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413981
Long, G., Deng, Y., Zhao, W., Zhou, G., Broer, D. J., Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024). Photoresponsive Biomimetic Functions by Light-Driven Molecular Motors in Three Dimensionally Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(20), 13894-13902. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01642
Deng, Y., Long, G., Zhang, Y., Zhao, W., Zhou, G., Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024). Photo-responsive functional materials based on light-driven molecular motors. Light-Science & applications, 13, Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01391-8
Edwards, M. D., Pratley, M. T., Gordon, C. M., Teixeira, R. I., Ali, H., Mahmood, I., Lester, R., Love, A., Hermens, J. G. H., Freese, T., Feringa, B. L., Poliakoff, M., & George, M. W. (2024). Process Intensification of the Continuous Synthesis of Bio-Derived Monomers for Sustainable Coatings Using a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor. Organic Process Research and Development, 28(5), 1917–1928. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.3c00462
Weber, R. R., Stindt, C. N., van der Harten, A.-L. M. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Push-Pull Bis-Norbornadienes for Solar Thermal Energy Storage. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(35), Article e202400482. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400482
Lepage, M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H., van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Radiation-curable coating composition, method of coating a substrate and coated substrate. (Patent No. WO2024126829).
Sidler, E., Hein, R., Doellerer, D., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Redox-Switchable Aromaticity in a Helically Extended Indeno[2,1-c]fluorene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(28), 19168–19176. Article 4c04191. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04191
Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Danowski, W., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2024). Substituent effects on first generation photochemical molecular motors probed by femtosecond stimulated Raman. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 161(7), Article 074504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216442
Spoelstra, G. B., Blok, S. N., Reali Nazario, L., Noord, L., Fu, Y., Simeth, N. A., IJpma, F. F. A., van Oosten, M., van Dijl, J. M., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., & Elsinga, P. H. (2024). Synthesis and preclinical evaluation of novel 18F-vancomycin-based tracers for the detection of bacterial infections using positron emission tomography. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 51, 2583–2596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-024-06717-7
Stindt, C. N., Crespi, S., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Synthesis of Styrylbenzazole Photoswitches and Evaluation of their Photochemical Properties. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(39), Article e202401409. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202401409
Schulte, A. M., Alachouzos, G., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). The fate of the contact ion pair determines the photochemistry of coumarin-based photocleavable protecting groups. Chemical Science, 15(6), 2062-2073. Article d3sc05725a. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc05725a
Freese, T., Elzinga, N., Heinemann, M., Lerch, M. M., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). The relevance of sustainable laboratory practices. RSC Sustainability, 2(5), 1300-1336. Article d4su00056k. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00056K
Fu, Y., Alachouzos, G., Simeth, N. A., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W. J., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer: A Simple Strategy for an Efficient Visible Light-Induced Photoclick Reaction. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(21), Article e202319321. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202319321
Guinart, A., Doellerer, D., Pooler, D. R. S., de Boer, J. Y., Doria, S., Bussotti, L., Di Donato, M., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Two-photon absorption of oxindole-based push–pull molecular motors. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 453, Article 115649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.115649
Fu, Y., Simeth, N. A., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Visible and near-infrared light-induced photoclick reactions. Nature reviews chemistry, 8(9), 665–685. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-024-00633-y
Volarić, J., van der Heide, N. J., Mutter, N. L., Samplonius, D. F., Helfrich, W., Maglia, G., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Visible Light Control over the Cytolytic Activity of a Toxic Pore-Forming Protein. ACS chemical biology, 19(2), 451–461. Article 3c00640. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.3c00640
Jensma, A., Elders, N., van den Berg, K. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Waterborne polymers and coatings from bio-based butenolides. Green Chemistry, 26(18), 9676-9681. Article d4gc03466j. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4gc03466j
Doze, A. M., Fu, Y., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., Luurtsema, G., Elsinga, P. H., Buma, W. J., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). With or without a co-solvent? highly efficient ultrafast phenanthrenequinone-electron rich alkene (PQ-ERA) photoclick reactions. Chemical Science, 15(29), 11557-11563. Article d4sc01810a. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc01810a

2023

Schulte, A. M., Smid, L. M., Alachouzos, G., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Cation delocalization and photo-isomerization enhance the uncaging quantum yield of a photocleavable protecting group. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 60(5), 578-581. Article D3CC05055F. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc05055f
Sheng, J., Perego, J., Bracco, S., Czepa, W., Danowski, W., Krause, S., Sozzani, P., Ciesielski, A., Comotti, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Construction of Multi-Stimuli Responsive Highly Porous Switchable Frameworks by In-Situ Solid-State Generation of Spiropyran Switches. Advanced materials, 36(4), Article 2305783. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202305783
Li, J., Xie, S., Meng, J., Liu, Y., Zhan, Q., Zhang, Y., Shui, L., Zhou, G., Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024). Dynamic Control of Multiple Optical Patterns of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microdroplets by Light-Driven Molecular Motors. CCS Chemistry, 6(2), 427-438. https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.023.202303171
Freese, T., Meijer, J. T., Brands, M. B., Alachouzos, G., Stuart, M. C. A., Tarozo, R., Gerlach, D., Smits, J., Rudolf, P., Reek, J. N. H., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Iron oxide-promoted photochemical oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). EES Catalysis, 2(1), 262-275. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EY00256J
Visser, P., Hagelschuer, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Synthesis of (E)-1-aryl-2-buten-1-ones by the Cross-Coupling of Lithium 1-methoxy-1,3-butadienes with Aryl Bromides. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 366(4), 745-750. Article 202301249. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202301249
Stindt, C. N., Crespi, S., Toyoda, R., Hilbers, M. F., Kemmink, J., van der Meulen, P., Buma, W. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Activating a light-driven molecular motor by metal complexation. Chem, 9(8), 2337-2348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2023.06.006
Freese, T., Meijer, J. T., Feringa, B. L., & Beil, S. B. (2023). An organic perspective on photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide. Nature Catalysis, 6, 553–558. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-023-00980-x
Zhang, Q., Toyoda, R., Pfeifer, L., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Architecture-Controllable Single-Crystal Helical Self-assembly of Small-Molecule Disulfides with Dynamic Chirality. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(12), 6976–6985. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00586
Chen, X., Padin Santos, D., Stindt, L., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral-at-P Alkenylphosphonamidates through Nickel-Catalyzed C-P Coupling of Phosphoramidites and Alkenyl Halides. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 62(33), Article e202307450. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202307450
Kuntze, K., Pooler, D. R. S., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., van der Meulen, P., Buma, W. J., Priimagi, A., Feringa, B. L., & Crespi, S. (2023). A visible-light-driven molecular motor based on barbituric acid. Chemical Science, 14(32), 8458-8465. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc03090c
Sheng, J., Perego, J., Danowski, W., Bracco, S., Chen, S., Zhu, X., Bezuidenhout, C. X., Krause, S., Browne, W. R., Sozzani, P., Comotti, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Construction of a three-state responsive framework from a bistable photoswitch. Chem, 9(9), 2701-2716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2023.08.004
Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Danowski, W., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2023). Control of Photoconversion Yield in Unidirectional Photomolecular Motors by Push-Pull Substituents. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(36), 19849–19855. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c06070
Kuntze, K., Pooler, D. R. S., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., van der Meulen, P., Buma, W. J., Priimagi, A., Feringa, B. L., & Crespi, S. (2023). Correction: A visible-light-driven molecular motor based on barbituric acid. Chemical Science, 14(34), 9227. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc90158k
Pfeifer, L., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Coupled Rotary and Oscillatory Motion in a Second-Generation Molecular Motor Pd Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(2), 822-829. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c08267
Sheng, J., Danowski, W., Crespi, S., Guinart, A., Chen, X., Stähler, C., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Designing P-type bi-stable overcrowded alkene-based chiroptical photoswitches. Chemical Science, 14(16), 4328-4336. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05903g
Srivastava, G., Štacko, P., Mendieta-Moreno, J. I., Edalatmanesh, S., Kistemaker, J. C. M., Heideman, G. H., Zoppi, L., Parschau, M., Feringa, B. L., & Ernst, K. H. (2023). Driving a Third Generation Molecular Motor with Electrons Across a Surface. Acs Nano, 17(4), 3931-3938. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c12340
Fu, Y., Wu, K., Alachouzos, G., Simeth, N. A., Freese, T., Falkowski, M., Szymanski, W., Zhang, H., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Efficient, Near‐Infrared Light‐Induced Photoclick Reaction Enabled by Upconversion Nanoparticles. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(50), Article 2306531. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202306531
Lepage, M. L., Alachouzos, G., Hermens, J. G. H., Elders, N., van den Berg, K. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Electron-Poor Butenolides: The Missing Link between Acrylates and Maleic Anhydride in Radical Polymerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(31), 17211-17219. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04314
Gilissen, P. J., Chen, X., De Graaf, J., Tinnemans, P., Feringa, B. L., Elemans, J. A. A. W., & Nolte, R. J. M. (2023). Enantiodivergent Sulfoxidation Catalyzed by a Photoswitchable Iron Salen Phosphate Complex. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29(24), Article e202203539. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202203539
Sheng, J., Pooler, D. R. S., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Enlightening dynamic functions in molecular systems by intrinsically chiral light-driven molecular motors. Chemical Society Reviews, 52(17), 5875-5891. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cs00247k
Fu, Y., Alachouzos, G., Simeth, N. A., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W. J., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Establishing PQ-ERA photoclick reactions with unprecedented efficiency by engineering of the nature of the phenanthraquinone triplet state. Chemical Science, 14(27), 7465-7474. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc01760e
Siebe, H. S., Sardjan, A. S., Maßmann, S. C., Flapper, J., van den Berg, K. J., Eisink, N. N. H. M., Kentgens, A. P. M., Feringa, B. L., Kumar, A., & Browne, W. R. (2023). Formation of substituted dioxanes in the oxidation of gum arabic with periodate. Green Chemistry, 25(10), 4058-4066. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2gc04923f
Doellerer, D., Pooler, D. R. S., Guinart, A., Crespi, S., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Highly Efficient Oxindole-Based Molecular Photoswitches. Chemistry – A European Journal, 29(55), Article e202301634. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301634
Beil, S. B., Wonink, M. B. S., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Incorporating sulfur into redox-active reagents and materials. Tetrahedron, 132, Article 133262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2023.133262
Ovalle, M., Kathan, M., Toyoda, R., Stindt, C. N., Crespi, S., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Light-Fueled Transformations of a Dynamic Cage-Based Molecular System. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62(9), Article e202214495. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214495
Ryabchun, A., Lancia, F., Chen, J., Plamont, R., Morozov, D., Feringa, B. L., & Katsonis, N. (2023). Macroscopic motion from synchronized molecular power strokes. Chem, 9(12), 3544-3554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2023.07.021
Medved', M., Di Donato, M., Buma, W. J., Laurent, A. D., Lameijer, L., Hrivnák, T., Romanov, I., Tran, S., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., & Woolley, G. A. (2023). Mechanistic Basis for Red Light Switching of Azonium Ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(36), 19894–19902. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c06157
Fu, Y., Simeth, N. A., Toyoda, R., Brilmayer, R., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Molecular Engineering To Enhance Reactivity and Selectivity in an Ultrafast Photoclick Reaction. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62(16), Article e202218203. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202218203
Shan, Y., Zhang, Q., Sheng, J., Stuart, M., Qu, D., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Motorized Photomodulator: Making A Non-photoresponsive Supramolecular Gel Switchable by Light. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 62(43), Article e202310582. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202310582
Jiang, Y., Danowski, W., Feringa, B. L., & Heinke, L. (2023). Nanoporous Films with Oriented Arrays of Molecular Motors for Photoswitching the Guest Adsorption and Diffusion. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62(3), Article e202214202. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214202
Visser, P., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Organogelation enables fast organolithium cross-coupling reactions in air. Chemical Communications, 59(37), 5539-5542. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc00756a
Xu, F., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Photoresponsive Supramolecular Polymers: From Light-Controlled Small Molecules to Smart Materials. Advanced materials, 35(10), Article 2204413. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202204413
Kobauri, P., Dekker, F. J., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Rational Design in Photopharmacology with Molecular Photoswitches. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62(30), Article e202300681. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202300681
Mo, K., Zhang, Y., Dong, Z., Yang, Y., Ma, X., Feringa, B. L., & Zhao, D. (2023). Retraction Note: Intrinsically unidirectional chemically fuelled rotary molecular motors (Nature, (2022), 609, 7926, (293-298), 10.1038/s41586-022-05033-0). Nature, 619(7970), 658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06380-2
Sun, S., Li, X., Xu, C., Li, Y., Wu, Y., Feringa, B. L., Tian, H., & Ma, X. (2023). Scale effect of circularly polarized luminescent signal of matter. National Science Review, 10(5), Article nwad072. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad072
Guinart, A., Korpidou, M., Doellerer, D., Pacella, G., Stuart, M. C. A., Dinu, I. A., Portale, G., Palivan, C., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Synthetic molecular motor activates drug delivery from polymersomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(27), Article e2301279120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301279120
Welleman, I. M., Reeßing, F., Boersma, H. H., Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Feringa, B. L., & Szymanski, W. (2023). The Development of a Smart Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Contrast Agent for the Imaging of Sulfatase Activity. Pharmaceuticals, 16(10), Article 1439. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16101439
Roy, P., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2023). Ultrafast motion in a third generation photomolecular motor. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1253. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36777-6

2022

Stähler, C., Pooler, D. R. S., Costil, R., Sudan, D., van der Meulen, P., Toyoda, R., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Coupled Rocking Motion in a Light-Driven Rotary Molecular Motor. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 89(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c01830
van Vliet, S., Hermens, J. G. H., Fu, Y., Pfeifer, L., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Hydrazone-based boron difluoride complexes as triplet photosensitizers for singlet oxygen generation. Chemical Communications, 59(7), 884–887. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc05336e
Deng, Y., Zhang, Q., Qu, D.-H., Tian, H., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). A Chemically Recyclable Crosslinked Polymer Network Enabled by Orthogonal Dynamic Covalent Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(39), Article e202209100. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202209100
Deng, Y., Zhang, Q., Shi, C., Toyoda, R., Qu, D. H., Tian, H., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Acylhydrazine-based reticular hydrogen bonds enable robust, tough, and dynamic supramolecular materials. Science Advances, 8(4), Article eabk3286. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk3286
Freese, T., Fridrich, B., Crespi, S., Lubbe, A. S., Barta, K., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). A molecular motor from lignocellulose. Green Chemistry, 24(9), 3689–3696. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2gc00291d
Helbert, H., Ploeg, E. M., Samplonius, D. F., Blok, S. N., Antunes, I. F., Böhmer, V. I., Luurtsema, G., Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Feringa, B. L., Elsinga, P. H., Szymanski, W., & Helfrich, W. (2022). A proof-of-concept study on the use of a fluorescein-based 18F-tracer for pretargeted PET. EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 7(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41181-022-00155-2
Hermens, J. G. H., Freese, T., Alachouzos, G., Lepage, M. L., van den Berg, K. J., Elders, N., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). A sustainable polymer and coating system based on renewable raw materials. Green Chemistry, 24(24), 9772-9780. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2gc03657f
Kathan, M., Crespi, S., Thiel, N. O., Stares, D. L., Morsa, D., de Boer, J., Pacella, G., van den Enk, T., Kobauri, P., Portale, G., Schalley, C. A., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Author Correction: A light-fuelled nanoratchet shifts a coupled chemical equilibrium (Nature Nanotechnology, (2022), 17, 2, (159-165), 10.1038/s41565-021-01021-z). Nature Nanotechnology, 17(4), 432. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01119-y
Mondal, A., Toyoda, R., Costil, R., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Chemically Driven Rotatory Molecular Machines. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(40), Article e202206631. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202206631
Corbet, B. P., Lubbe, A. S., Crespi, S., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Chiroptical molecular switches and motors. In Z. L. Pianowski (Ed.), Molecular Photoswitches: Chemistry, Properties, and Applications, 2 Volume Set (Vol. 1-2, pp. 213-251). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527827626.ch11
Kolarski, D., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Chronophotopharmacology: Methodology for High Spatiotemporal Control Over the Circadian Rhythm with Light. In T. Hirota, M. Hatori, & S. Panda (Eds.), Circadian Clocks (pp. 377-401). (Neuromethods; Vol. 186). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2577-4_18
Alachouzos, G., Schulte, A. M., Mondal, A., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Computational Design, Synthesis, and Photochemistry of Cy7-PPG, an Efficient NIR-Activated Photolabile Protecting Group for Therapeutic Applications. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 61(27), Article e202201308. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202201308
Pfeifer, L., Crespi, S., van der Meulen, P., Kemmink, J., Scheek, R. M., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). Controlling forward and backward rotary molecular motion on demand. Nature Communications, 13, Article 2124. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29820-5

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Kathan, M., Crespi, S., Thiel, N. O., Stares, D. L., Morsa, D., de Boer, J., Pacella, G., van den Enk, T., Kobauri, P., Portale, G., Schalley, C. A., & Feringa, B. L. (2022). A light-fuelled nanoratchet shifts a coupled chemical equilibrium. Nature Nanotechnology, 17, 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-01021-z
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