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Overview

Bruce C. Gibb is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of chemistry, with a focus on several subfields including spectroscopy, molecular biology, organic chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and materials chemistry.

The main topics of Gibb's work include:

  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Gibb's frequent publication venues reflect this broad spectrum of interests. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • Nature Chemistry
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their recent papers illustrate ongoing research in chemistry with diverse themes and collaborations. Some notable recent publications include:

  • Spontaneous drying of non-polar deep-cavity cavitand pockets in aqueous solution, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • The rise and rise of lithium, 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • The centenary (maybe) of the hydrogen bond, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Cavitand Complexes in Aqueous Solution: Collaborative Experimental and Computational Studies of the Wetting, Assembly, and Function of Nanoscopic Bowls in Water, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Buffer and Salt Effects in Aqueous Host-Guest Systems: Screening, Competitive Binding, or Both?, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaboration is a part of Gibb's research activity. Key coauthors include:

  • Henry S. Ashbaugh
  • Wei Yao
  • Jacobs H. Jordan
  • Nicholas Ernst
  • Xiaoyang Cai

Best Publications

  • The aqueous supramolecular chemistry of cucurbit[n]urils, pillar[n]arenes and deep-cavity cavitands

    James Murray;Kimoon Kim;Tomoki Ogoshi;Tomoki Ogoshi;Wei Yao

  • Revisiting Fluorescent Calixarenes: From Molecular Sensors to Smart Materials

    Rajesh Kumar;Amit Sharma;Hardev Singh;Paolo Suating

  • Well-defined, organic nanoenvironments in water: the hydrophobic effect drives a capsular assembly.

    Corinne L. D. Gibb and;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Molecular containers assembled through the hydrophobic effect

    Jacobs H. Jordan;Bruce C. Gibb

  • A Hydrophobic Nanocapsule Controls the Photophysics of Aromatic Molecules by Suppressing Their Favored Solution Pathways

    Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle;Corinne L. D. Gibb;Bruce C. Gibb;V. Ramamurthy

  • Anion Binding to Hydrophobic Concavity Is Central to the Salting-in Effects of Hofmeister Chaotropes

    Corinne L. D. Gibb;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Controlling photoreactions with restricted spaces and weak intermolecular forces: exquisite selectivity during oxidation of olefins by singlet oxygen.

    Arunkumar Natarajan;Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle;Steffen Jockusch;Corinne L. D. Gibb

  • Plastics are forever.

    Bruce C. Gibb

  • Collaborative routes to clarifying the murky waters of aqueous supramolecular chemistry.

    Paul S. Cremer;Amar Hugh Flood;Bruce C. Gibb;David L. Mobley

  • Water-soluble, self-assembling container molecules: an update

    Zachary Laughrey;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Controlling photochemistry with distinct hydrophobic nanoenvironments.

    Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle;Corinne L. D. Gibb;Bruce C. Gibb;V. Ramamurthy

  • C-H...X--R (X = Cl, Br, and I) hydrogen bonds drive the complexation properties of a nanoscale molecular basket.

    Corinne L. D. Gibb;and Edwin D. Stevens;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Templation of the Excited-State Chemistry of α-(n-Alkyl) Dibenzyl Ketones: How Guest Packing within a Nanoscale Supramolecular Capsule Influences Photochemistry

    Corinne L. D. Gibb;Arun Kumar Sundaresan;V. Ramamurthy;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Overview of the SAMPL6 host–guest binding affinity prediction challenge

    Andrea Rizzi;Steven Murkli;John N. McNeill;Wei Yao

  • Templated assembly of water-soluble nano-capsules: inter-phase sequestration, storage, and separation of hydrocarbon gases.

    Corinne L. D. Gibb;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Anion Complexation and The Hofmeister Effect

    Ryan S. Carnegie;Corinne L. D. Gibb;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Molecular Shape and the Hydrophobic Effect.

    Matthew B. Hillyer;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Binding Hydrated Anions with Hydrophobic Pockets

    Punidha Sokkalingam;Joshua Shraberg;Steven W. Rick;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Kinetic resolution of constitutional isomers controlled by selective protection inside a supramolecular nanocapsule

    Simin Liu;Haiying Gan;Andrew T. Hermann;Steven W. Rick

  • High-definition self-assemblies driven by the hydrophobic effect: synthesis and properties of a supramolecular nanocapsule.

    Simin Liu;Bruce C. Gibb

  • Synthesis of Hydroxyl-Footed Cavitands

    Bruce C. Gibb;and Robert G. Chapman;John C. Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy
Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy University of Miami
Lyle Isaacs
Lyle Isaacs University of Maryland, College Park
Joel T. Mague
Joel T. Mague Tulane University
Philip A. Gale
Philip A. Gale University of Groningen
John D. Chodera
John D. Chodera Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter Politzer
Peter Politzer University of New Orleans
Michael K. Gilson
Michael K. Gilson University of California, San Diego
Edwin D. Stevens
Edwin D. Stevens University of New Orleans
James W. Canary
James W. Canary New York University
Tomoki Ogoshi
Tomoki Ogoshi Kyoto University

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