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Werner M. Nau

Werner M. Nau

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Chemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
23436
World Ranking
3413
National Ranking
251

Overview

Werner M. Nau is affiliated with Jacobs University in Germany, focusing on research primarily within the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science.

Their work encompasses various subfields including molecular biology, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, spectroscopy, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Major topics covered in their research include:

  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Werner M. Nau's frequent collaborators include:

  • Andrea Barba-Bon
  • Andreas Hennig
  • Mohamed Nilam
  • Khaleel I. Assaf
  • Suhang He

Their recent published papers illustrate a range of research interests across multiple prestigious journals:

  • "Metallacarborane Cluster Anions of the Cobalt Bisdicarbollide-Type as Chaotropic Carriers for Transmembrane and Intracellular Delivery of Cationic Peptides," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Boron clusters as broadband membrane carriers," 2022, Nature
  • "Supramolecular Catalysis of a Catalysis-Resistant Diels-Alder Reaction: Almost Theoretical Acceleration of Cyclopentadiene Dimerization inside Cucurbit[7]uril," 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • "A reference scale of cucurbit[7]uril binding affinities," 2021, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • "Fluorescent artificial receptor-based membrane assay (FARMA) for spatiotemporally resolved monitoring of biomembrane permeability," 2020, Communications Biology

Werner M. Nau has contributed frequently to notable journals such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Frontiers in Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Cucurbiturils: from synthesis to high-affinity binding and catalysis

    Khaleel I. Assaf;Werner M. Nau

  • Fluorescent dyes and their supramolecular host/guest complexes with macrocycles in aqueous solution.

    Roy N. Dsouza;Uwe Pischel;Werner M. Nau

  • The hydrophobic effect revisited--studies with supramolecular complexes imply high-energy water as a noncovalent driving force.

    Frank Biedermann;Werner M. Nau;Hans-Jörg Schneider

  • Mechanism of host-guest complexation by cucurbituril.

    César Márquez;Robert R Hudgins;Werner M Nau

  • Release of high-energy water as an essential driving force for the high-affinity binding of cucurbit[n]urils.

    Frank Biedermann;Vanya D. Uzunova;Oren A. Scherman;Werner M. Nau

  • Label-free continuous enzyme assays with macrocycle-fluorescent dye complexes.

    Andreas Hennig;Hüseyin Bakirci;Werner M Nau

  • Toxicity of cucurbit[7]uril and cucurbit[8]uril: an exploratory in vitro and in vivo study

    Vanya D. Uzunova;Carleen Cullinane;Klaudia Brix;Werner M. Nau

  • Deep Inside Cucurbiturils: Physical Properties and Volumes of their Inner Cavity Determine the Hydrophobic Driving Force for Host–Guest Complexation

    Werner M. Nau;Mara Florea;Khaleel I. Assaf

  • The Chaotropic Effect as an Assembly Motif in Chemistry.

    Khaleel I. Assaf;Werner M. Nau

  • Dynamically Analyte-Responsive Macrocyclic Host–Fluorophore Systems

    Garima Ghale;Werner M. Nau

  • The strategic use of supramolecular pKa shifts to enhance the bioavailability of drugs

    Indrajit Ghosh;Werner M. Nau

  • Host-guest complexation of neutral red with macrocyclic host molecules: contrasting pK(a) shifts and binding affinities for cucurbit[7]uril and beta-cyclodextrin.

    J Mohanty;A C Bhasikuttan;W M Nau;H Pal

  • Ultrastable rhodamine with cucurbituril.

    Jyotirmayee Mohanty;Werner M. Nau

  • Cucurbituril Encapsulation of Fluorescent Dyes

    Apurba L. Koner;Werner M. Nau

  • Activation and Stabilization of Drugs by Supramolecular pKa Shifts: Drug‐Delivery Applications Tailored for Cucurbiturils

    Na'il Saleh;Apurba L. Koner;Werner M. Nau

  • Water Structure Recovery in Chaotropic Anion Recognition: High-Affinity Binding of Dodecaborate Clusters to γ-Cyclodextrin.

    Khaleel I. Assaf;Merve S. Ural;Fangfang Pan;Tony Georgiev

  • Substrate-selective supramolecular tandem assays: monitoring enzyme inhibition of arginase and diamine oxidase by fluorescent dye displacement from calixarene and cucurbituril macrocycles.

    Werner M. Nau;Garima Ghale;Andreas Hennig;Hüseyin Bakirci

  • Operational calixarene-based fluorescent sensing systems for choline and acetylcholine and their application to enzymatic reactions

    Dong-Sheng Guo;Vanya D. Uzunova;Xin Su;Yu Liu

  • Efficient Fluorescence Enhancement and Cooperative Binding of an Organic Dye in a Supra‐biomolecular Host–Protein Assembly

    Achikanath C. Bhasikuttan;Jyotirmayee Mohanty;Werner M. Nau;Haridas Pal

  • Strongly Fluorescent, Switchable Perylene Bis(diimide) Host–Guest Complexes with Cucurbit[8]uril In Water

    Frank Biedermann;Einat Elmalem;Indrajit Ghosh;Werner M. Nau

  • Supramolecular Tandem Enzyme Assays for Multiparameter Sensor Arrays and Enantiomeric Excess Determination of Amino Acids

    David M. Bailey;Andreas Hennig;Vanya D. Uzunova;Werner M. Nau

Frequent Co-Authors

Waldemar Adam
Waldemar Adam University of Würzburg
Oren A. Scherman
Oren A. Scherman University of Cambridge
Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy
Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Massimo Olivucci
Massimo Olivucci University of Siena
Juan C. Scaiano
Juan C. Scaiano University of Ottawa
Dong-Sheng Guo
Dong-Sheng Guo Nankai University
Haridas Pal
Haridas Pal Homi Bhabha National Institute
Jakob Wirz
Jakob Wirz University of Basel
Mathias Winterhalter
Mathias Winterhalter Jacobs University
Michael A. Robb
Michael A. Robb Imperial College London

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