Recent Publications 

106. Optical Discrimination of Terpenes in Citrus Peels with a Host:Guest Sensing Array

 Chen, J.; Moreno, Jr., J. L.; Zhang, W.; Gibson-Elias, L. J.; Lian, R.; Najafi, S.; Zhang, H.; Zhong, W.; Hooley, R.J.

Chem Commun. 2024

DOI: 10.1039/D4CC01309C

105. Investigation of the effects on proton relaxation times upon encapsulation in a water-soluble synthetic receptor

 Chaudhary, K. N.; Brosnahan, K. I., Gibson-Elias, L. J.; Moreno, J. L. Jr.; HD, B. L.; Hooley, R. J.; Caulkins, B. G.

PCCP. 2024

DOI: 10.1039/d3cp06099c. 

104. Selective Recognition and Discrimination of Single Isomeric Changes in Peptide Strands with a Host:Guest Sensing Array

 Chen, J.; Fasihianifard, P.; Raz, A. A. P.; Hickey, B. L.; Moreno, J. L. Jr.; Chang, C. A.; Hooley, R. J.; Zhong, W.

Chem. Sci. 2024

DOI: 10.1039/D3SC06087J

103. Using Flipped Classroom Modules to Facilitate Higher Order Learning in Undergraduate Organic Chemistry

 Holloway, L. R.; Miller, T. F.; da Camara B.; Hickey, B. L.; Lopez, A. L.; Ahn, J.; Dao, E.; Naibert, N; Barbera, J.; Hooley, R. J.; Eichler, J. F.

J. Chem. Educ. 2024, 101, 2, 490-500

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00907

102. Catalytic Inhibition of Base-Mediated Reactivity by a Self-Assembled Metal-Ligand Host

 da Camara, B.; Woods, C. Z.; Sharma, K.; Wu, H.-T.; Farooqi, N. S.; Chen, C.; Julian, R. R.; Vander Griend, D. A.; Hooley, R.J.

Chem-Eur. J.. 2023

DOI: e202302499

101. Selective Molecular Recognition and Indicator Displacement Sensing of Neurotransmitters in Cellular Environments

 Chen, J.; Tabaie, E. Z.; Hickey, B. L.; Gao, Z.; Raz, A. A. P.; Li, Z.; Wilson, E. H.; Hooley, R. J.; Zhong, W.

ACS Sens. 2023

DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c00886

100. Selective Anion Sensing in High Salt Water via a Remote Indicator Displacement Assay

Hickey, B. L.; Raz, A. A. P.; Chen, J.; Moreno J. L. Jr.; Hartman, J. D.; Zhong, W.; Hooley, R. J.

Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 7819-7822

DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01974H

99. Gated, Selective Anion Exchange in Functionalized Self-Assembled Cage Complexes 

da Camara, B.; Bar Ziv, N.; Carta, V.; Mota Orozco, G. A.; Wu, H.-T.; Julian, R. R.; Hooley, R. J. 

Chem-Eur. J. 2023

DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203588

98. Sensing Base Modifications in Non-Canonically Folded DNA with an Optimized Host:Guest Sensing Array

Chen, J.; Hickey, B.L.; Raz, A. A. P.; Gao, Z.; Hooley, R.J.*; Zhong, W

ACS Sens. 2022, 7, 2164–2169

DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c00839

97. Modifying the Internal Substituents of Self-Assembled Cages Controls their Molecular Recognition and Optical Properties

Woods, C. Z.; Wu, H.-T.; Ngai, C.; da Camara, B.; Julian, R. R.; Hooley, R.J.

Dalton Trans. 2022 51, 10920–10929.

DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01451c

96. Applications of Synthetic Receptors in Bioanalysis and Drug Transport

Hooley, R. J.; Zhong W.

Bioconj. Chem. 2022  

DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00096

95. “Combining Excellent Selectivity with Broad Target Scope: Biosensing with Arrayed Deep Cavitand Hosts” 

Chen, J.; Hooley, R. J.; Zhong W.

Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 1035-1046.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00026

94. Moderated Basicity of Endohedral Amine Groups in an Octa-Cationic Self-Assembled Cage

Ngai, C.; Wu, H.-T.; da Camara, B.; Williams, C. G.; Mueller, L. J.; Julian, R. R.; Hooley, R. J. 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202117011. 

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202117011 

93. Imaging active site chemistry and protonation states: NMR crystallography of the tryptophan synthase α-aminoacrylate intermediate 

Holmes, J. B.; Liu, V.; Caulkins, B. G.; Hilario, E.; Ghosh, R. K.; Drago, V. N.; Young, R. P.; Romero, J.; Gill, A. D.; Bogie, P. M.; Paulino, P.; Wang, X.; Riviere, G.; Bosken, Y. K.; Struppe, J.; Hassan, A.; Guidoulianov, J.; Perrone, B.; Mentink-Vigier, F.; Chang, C. A.; Long, J. R.; Hooley, R.J.; Mueser, T. C.; Dunn, M. F.; Mueller, L. J. 

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 2022, 119, e2109235119.

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109235119

92. Enantioselective Sensing of Insect Pheromones in Water 

Chen, J.; Gill, A. D.; Hickey, B.L.; Gao, Z.; Cui, X.; E.; Hooley, R.J.; Zhong, W.

Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 13341–13344.

DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05540B

91. Size and Shape-Selective Catalysis with a Functionalized Self-Assembled Cage Host 

Ngai, C.; da Camara, B.; Woods, C. Z.

J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 12862–12871. 

DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01511

90. Machine Learning Aids Classification and Discrimination of Noncanonical DNA Folding Motifs by an Arrayed Host:Guest Sensing System

Chen, J.; Gill, A. D.; Hickey, B.L.; Gao, Z.; Cui, X.; E.; Hooley, R.J.; Zhong, W.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 32, 12791-12799.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06031

89. Selective Discrimination and Classification of G-Quadruplex Structures with a Host:Guest Sensing Array

Chen, J.; Hickey, B.L.; Wang, L.; Lee, J.; Gill, A.D.; Favero, A.; Pinalli, R.; Dalcanale, E.; Hooley, R.J.; Zhong, W.

Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 488-495.

DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00647-9

88. Bridging Photochemistry and Photomechanics with NMR Crystallography: the Molecular Basis for the Macroscopic Expansion of an Anthracene Ester Nanorod 

Chalek, K. R.; Dong, X.; Tong, F.; Kudla, R. A.; Zhu, L.; Gill, A. D.; Xu, W.; Yang, C.; Hartman, J. D.; Magalhães, A.; Al-Kaysi, R.; Hayward, R.; Hooley, R.J.; Beran, G.J.O.; Bardeen, C.J.; Mueller, L.J. 

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 453-463.

DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05118G

87. Selective, Cofactor-mediated Catalytic Oxidation of Alkanethiols in a Self-Assembled Cage Host

da Camara, B.; Dietz, P. D.; Chalek, K. R.; Mueller, L. J.; Hooley R. J.

Chem. Commun. 2020 56, 14263-14266.

DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05765G

86. Supramolecular Catalysis of the oxa-Pictet-Spengler Reaction with an Endohedrally Functionalized Self-Assembled Cage Complex

Ngai, C.; Sanchez-Marsetti, C. S.; Harman, W. H.; Hooley R. J.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020 59, 23505-23509.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009553