Peer-Reviewed Articles
60. A Photoswitchable macrocycle controls anion-templated pseudorotaxane formation and axle relocalization
J. de Jong, M.A. Siegler, S.J. Wezenberg*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202316628 🔗
59. Monodirectional photocycle drives proton translocation
N. Duindam, M. van Dongen, M.A. Siegler, S.J. Wezenberg*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 21020-21026 🔗
58. Photoswitchable bis(amidopyrroles): modulating anion transport activity independent of binding affinity
D. Villarón, J.E. Bos, F. Kohl, S. Mommer, J. de Jong, S.J. Wezenberg*
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 11328-11334 🔗
57. Photoswitching of halide-binding affinity and selectivity in dithienylethene-strapped calix[4]pyrrole
D. Villarón, G.E.A. Brugman, M. A. Siegler, S.J. Wezenberg*
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 8688-8691 🔗
Highlighted by C2W Magazine
56. Stimulus-controlled anion binding and transport by synthetic receptors
J. de Jong, J.E. Bos, S.J. Wezenberg*
Chem. Rev. 2023, 123, 8530-8574 🔗
55. Photoswitchable molecular tweezers: isomerization to control substrate binding, and what about vice versa?
S.J. Wezenberg*
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 11045-11058 🔗
Invited Feature Article
54. Anion-induced reversible actuation of squaramide-crosslinked polymer gels
S. Mommer, S.J. Wezenberg*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 43711-43718 🔗
53. Photomodulation of transmembrane transport and potential by stiff-stilbene based bis(thio)ureas
S.J. Wezenberg,* L.-J. Chen, J.E. Bos, B.L. Feringa, E.N.W. Howe, X. Wu, M.A. Siegler, P.A. Gale*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 331-338 🔗
52. Push‒pull stiff-stilbene: proton-gated visible-light photoswitching and acid-catalyzed isomerization
D. Villarón, N. Duindam, S.J. Wezenberg*
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 17346-17350 🔗
Invited for Special Collection Dedicated to Prof. Diederich; Top downloaded article
51. From photoinduced supramolecular polymers to responsive organogels
F. Xu, L. Pfeifer, F.K.-C. Leung, M.C.A. Stuart, S.J. Wezenberg, B.L. Feringa*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5990-5997 🔗
50. A photoswitchable strapped calix[4]pyrrole receptor: Highly effective chloride binding and release
D. Villarón, M. A. Siegler, S.J. Wezenberg*
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 3188-3193 🔗
Featured in Chemical Science HOT Article Collection and Most popular 2021 supramolecular chemistry articles
49. Tuning of morphology by chirality in self-assembled structures of bis(urea) amphiphiles in water
F. Tosi, J. Augusto Berrocal, M.C.A. Stuart, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 326-330 🔗
48. Controlled diffusion of photoswitchable receptors by binding anti-electrostatic hydrogenbonded
phosphate oligomers
T.S.C. MacDonald, B.L. Feringa, W.S. Price, S.J. Wezenberg,* J.E. Beves*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20014-20020 🔗
47. Supramolecular control of unidirectional rotary motion in a sterically overcrowded photoswitchable receptor
J. Sheng, S. Crespi, B.L. Feringa,* S.J. Wezenberg*
Org. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 3874-3879 🔗
46. Stiff-stilbene photoswitches: from fundamental studies to emergent applications
D. Villarón, S.J. Wezenberg*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13192-13202 🔗
45. Modulation of porosity in a solid material enabled by bulk photoisomerization of an overcrowded alkene
F. Castiglioni, W. Danowski, J. Perego, F.K.-C. Leung, P. Sozzani, S. Bracco, S.J. Wezenberg,* A. Comotti,* B.L. Feringa*
Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 595-602 🔗
Highlighted by Nat. Chem. News and Views and C2W
44. Light-switchable metal-organic cages
S.J. Wezenberg*
Chem. Lett. 2020, 49, 609-615 🔗
Invited Highlight Review, Inside Cover
43. Light-modulated self-blockage of a urea binding site in a stiff-stilbene based anion receptor
J. de Jong, B.L. Feringa, S.J. Wezenberg*
ChemPhysChem 2019, 20, 3306-3310 🔗
Invited for Molecular Recognition - Special Collection
42. A chiral self-sorting photoresponsive coordination cage based on overcrowded alkene
C. Stuckhardt, D. Roke, W. Danowski, E. Otten, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2767-2773 🔗
Invited for thematic issue “Molecular Switches”
41. Salen-based amphiphiles: directing self-assembly in water by metal complexation
F. Tosi, M.C.A. Stuart, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14935-14939 🔗
40. Visible-light-driven tunable molecular motors based on oxindole
D. Roke, M. Sen, W. Danowski, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
J. Am. Chem. Soc 2019, 141, 7622-7627 🔗
39. Unidirectional rotary motion in a metal-organic framework
W. Danowski, T. van Leeuwen, S. Abdolahzadeh, D. Roke, W.R. Browne,* S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Nat. Nanotechnol. 2019, 14, 488-494 🔗; Front cover
Highlighted by Nat. Nanotechnol. News and Views, C&EN News, C2W, and NEMO Kennislink
38. A visible-light-driven molecular motor based on pyrene
D. Roke, B.L. Feringa,* S.J. Wezenberg*
Helv. Chim. Acta 2019, 102, e1800221 🔗
Invited for François Diederich - Special Collection
37. Supramolecularly directed rotary motion in a photoresponsive receptor
S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa
Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1984 🔗
Featured in Supramolecular Chemistry Collection
36. Light-gated rotation in a molecular motor functionalized with a dithienylethene switch
D. Roke, C. Stuckhardt, W. Danowski, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10515-10519 🔗
35. Cation-modulated rotary speed in a light-driven crown ether-functionalized molecular motor
R. Dorel, C. Miró, Y. Wei, S.J. Wezenberg, B.L. Feringa*
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3715-3718 🔗
34. Molecular rotary motors: Unidirectional motion around double bonds
D. Roke, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2018, 115, 9423-9431 🔗
33. Braking of a light-driven molecular rotary motor by chemical stimuli
T. van Leeuwen, W. Danowski, S. Pizzolato, P. Štacko, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 81-84 🔗
32. Highly efficient and robust enantioselective liquid-liquid extraction of 1,2-amino alcohols utilizing vapol- and
vanol-based phosphoric acid hosts
E.B. Pinxterhuis, J.-B. Gualtierotti, S.J. Wezenberg, J.G. de Vries,* B.L. Feringa*
ChemSusChem 2018, 11, 178-184 🔗
31. Dynamic control of function by light-driven molecular motors
T. van Leeuwen, A.S. Lubbe, P. Štacko, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Nat. Rev. Chem. 2017, 1, 0096 🔗; Front cover
30. Designing dynamic functional molecular systems
A.S. Lubbe, T. van Leeuwen, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 4837-4848 🔗; Front cover
29. In situ control of polymer helicity with a non-covalently bound photoresponsive molecular motor dopant
T. van Leeuwen, G.H. Heideman, D. Zhao, S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa*
Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 6393-6396 🔗; Front cover
28. Asymmetric synthesis of second-generation light-driven molecular motors
T. van Leeuwen, W. Danowski, E. Otten, S.J. Wezenberg, B.L. Feringa*
J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 5027-5033 🔗; Featured article
27. Visible-light-excitation of a molecular motor with an extended aromatic core
T. van Leeuwen, J. Pol, D. Roke, S.J. Wezenberg, B.L. Feringa*
Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 1402-1405 🔗
26. Photocontrol of anion binding affinity to a bis-urea receptor derived from stiff-stilbene
S.J. Wezenberg,* B.L. Feringa
Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 324-327 🔗
25. Allosteric regulation of the rotational speed in a light-driven molecular motor
A. Faulkner, T. van Leeuwen, B.L. Feringa,* S.J. Wezenberg*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13597-13603 🔗
ACS editors' choice; JACS most read article; Highlighted by Chemistry World
24. Unraveling the photoswitching mechanism in donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts
M.M. Lerch, S.J. Wezenberg, W. Szymanski, B.L. Feringa*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6344-6347 🔗
23. Intramolecular transport of small-molecule cargo in a nanoscale device operated by light
J. Chen, S.J. Wezenberg, B.L. Feringa*
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6765-6768 🔗; Front cover
22. Reversible gel-sol photoswitching with an overcrowded alkene-based bis-urea supergelator
S.J. Wezenberg,* C.M. Croisetu, M.C.A. Stuart, B.L. Feringa*
Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 4341-4346 🔗
21. Dynamic inversion of stereoselective phosphate binding to a bisurea receptor controlled by light and heat
M. Vlatković, B.L. Feringa,* S.J. Wezenberg*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1001-1004 🔗
20. Visible-light-driven photoisomerization and increased rotation speed of a molecular motor acting as a ligand in a
ruthenium(II) complex
S.J. Wezenberg,* K.-Y. Chen, B.L. Feringa*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11457-11461 🔗
19. Multi-State regulation of the dihydrogen phosphate binding affinity to a light- and heat-responsive bis-urea receptor
S.J. Wezenberg,* M. Vlatković, J.C.M. Kistemaker, B.L. Feringa*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16784-16787 🔗
18. Tetrapodal molecular switches and motors: synthesis and photochemistry
K.-Y. Chen, S.J. Wezenberg, G.T. Carroll, G. London, J.C.M. Kistemaker, T.C. Pijper, B.L. Feringa*
J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 7032-7040 🔗
17. Effective cholesteric liquid crystal inducers based on axially chiral alleno-acetylenes
S.J. Wezenberg, F. Ferroni, S. Pieraccini, W.B. Schweizer, A. Ferrarini, G.P. Spada, F. Diederich*
RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 22845-22848 🔗
16. Light-harvesting and ultrafast energy migration in porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks
H.-J. Son, S. Jin, S. Patwardhan, S.J. Wezenberg, N.C. Jeong, M. So, C.E. Wilmer, A. Sarjeant, G.C. Schatz, R. Snurr,
O. Farha,* G. Wiederrecht,* J.T. Hupp*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 862-869 🔗
15. Extremely strong cooperative self-assembly of a bimetallic salen complex visualized at the single-molecule level
G. Salassa, M.J.J. Coenen, S.J. Wezenberg, S. Speller, B.L.M. Hendriksen, J.A.A.W. Elemans,* A.W. Kleij*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7186-7192 🔗
14. Metal-directed assembly of chiral bis-Zn(II) Schiff base structures
M. Escarcega-Bobodilla, D. Anselmo, S.J. Wezenberg, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 9766-9772 🔗
13. Effective chirogenesis in a bis(metallosalphen) complex through host-guest binding with carboxylic acids
S.J. Wezenberg, G. Salassa, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 713-716 🔗; Back cover
12. Cooperative multimetallic catalysis using metallosalens
R.M. Haak, S.J. Wezenberg, A.W. Kleij*
Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2713-2723 🔗
11. Axial ligand control over mono- and bilayer formation of metal-salophens at the liquid-solid interface
J.A.A.W. Elemans,* S.J. Wezenberg, M.J.J. Coenen, E.C. Escudero Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, D. den Boer, S. Speller,
A.W. Kleij,* S. De Feyter*
Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2548-2550 🔗; Front cover
10. Dimetallic activation of dihydrogen phosphate by Zn(salphen) chromophores
S.J. Wezenberg, D. Anselmo, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 29, 4611-4616 🔗
9. Self-assembly of Zn(salphen) complexes: steric regulation, stability studies and crystallographic analysis
M. Martínez Belmonte, S.J. Wezenberg, R.M. Haak, D. Anselmo, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 4541-4550 🔗
8. Cooperative activation in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides by a bis-cobalt(III)salen-calix[4]arene hybrid
S.J. Wezenberg, A.W. Kleij*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 85-91 🔗; Highlighted in Synfacts 2010, 4, 410
7. Anion-templated formation of supramolecular multinuclear assemblies
S.J. Wezenberg, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 5695-5700 🔗
6. Access to hybrid supramolecular salen-porphyrin assemblies via a selective in situ transmetalation-metalation
self-assembly sequence
S.J. Wezenberg, G.A. Metselaar, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2009, 362, 1053-1057 🔗
5. Colorimetric discrimination between important alkaloid nuclei mediated by a bis-salphen chromophore
S.J. Wezenberg, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3311-3314 🔗
4. Material applications for salen frameworks
S.J. Wezenberg, A.W. Kleij*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2354-2364 🔗
3. Versatile approach toward the self-assembly of heteromultimetallic salen structures
S.J. Wezenberg, E.C. Escudero-Adán, J. Benet-Buchholz, A.W. Kleij*
Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 2925-2927 🔗
2. Lyotropic liquid-crystalline behavior of polyisocyanodipeptides
G.A. Metselaar, S.J. Wezenberg, J.J.L.M. Cornelissen,* R.J.M. Nolte, A.E. Rowan*
J. Polym. Sci. Part A 2007, 45, 981-988 🔗; Front cover
1. Synthesis, characterization, and folding behavior of β-amino acid derived polyisocyanides
S.J. Wezenberg, G.A. Metselaar, A.E. Rowan, J.J.L.M. Cornelissen,* D. Seebach, R.J.M. Nolte*
Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 2778-2786 🔗
Other Published Contributions
3. Artificial microtubules burst with energy
A.S. Lubbe, S.J. Wezenberg, B.L. Feringa*
P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2017, 114, 11804-11805 🔗
2. Nobel prize in Chemistry 2016: Molecular motors in the spotlight
S.J. Wezenberg*
Dutch Journal of Physics (DJoP) 2016-4; English online edition 🔗
1. Nobelprijs voor de Scheikunde 2016: Moleculaire motoren in de spotlights
S.J. Wezenberg*
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, December 2016, 422-425 🔗