Molecular recognition involves the association of molecular through non-covalent interactions such as vanderwaals force, hydrogen bounds, electrostatic interactions, and so on that often called host-guest interactions. Researchers are concerned about calixarenes with re
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Molecular recognition involves the association of molecular through non-covalent interactions such as vanderwaals force, hydrogen bounds, electrostatic interactions, and so on that often called host-guest interactions. Researchers are concerned about calixarenes with regards to having bowl-shaped molecules and their ability to performing molecular capsules. These capsules can be encapsulated biological guest molecules. In this review, examples of the organic-functionalized calixarenes on their upper or lower rims have been collected. In these reports, the functionalized calixarenes were used as ligand or receptor to recognize ions and biomacromolecules such as aminoacids, proteins, DNA, and NADH. The florescence spectroscopy method has been applied to study host-guest interactions due to its simplicity.
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