David A Leigh

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2016-2024
Publications (10 Years): 83

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Nature chemistry

Nature

East China Normal University

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Affiliation History

East China Normal University Oct 01 2017

China

Distinguished Professor :: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

Publications

Min Zhang, Robert Nixon, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Lucian Pirvu, Guillaume De Bo, David A Leigh
Mechanical scission of a knotted polymer. Nature chemistry 16 (8) (2024)
Min Zhang, Robert Nixon, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Lucian Pirvu, Guillaume De Bo, David A Leigh
Mechanical scission of a knotted polymer. Nature chemistry (2024)
Stefan Borsley, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts
Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2024)
Sujun Chen, Nathalie Katsonis, David A Leigh, Manee Patanapongpibul, Alexander Ryabchun, Liang Zhang
Changing Liquid Crystal Helical Pitch with a Reversible Rotaxane Switch. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 63 (18) (2024)
Stefan Borsley, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts
Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 63 (23) (2024)
Jiankang Zhong, Zhanhu Sun, Liang Zhang, George F S Whitehead, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Folding a Molecular Strand into a Trefoil Knot of Single Handedness with Co(II)/Co(III) Chaperones. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (31) (2024)
Patrick Zwick, Axel Troncossi, Stefan Borsley, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Stepwise Operation of a Molecular Rotary Motor Driven by an Appel Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (7) (2024)
Min Zhang, Robert Nixon, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Lucian Pirvu, Guillaume De Bo, David A Leigh
Mechanical scission of a knotted polymer. Nature chemistry 16 (8) (2024)
Jiankang Zhong, Zhanhu Sun, Liang Zhang, George F S Whitehead, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Folding a Molecular Strand into a Trefoil Knot of Single Handedness with Co(II)/Co(III) Chaperones. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024)
Jiankang Zhong, Zhanhu Sun, Liang Zhang, George F S Whitehead, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Folding a Molecular Strand into a Trefoil Knot of Single Handedness with Co(II)/Co(III) Chaperones. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (31) (2024)
Patrick Zwick, Axel Troncossi, Stefan Borsley, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Stepwise Operation of a Molecular Rotary Motor Driven by an Appel Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (7) (2024)
Sujun Chen, Nathalie Katsonis, David A Leigh, Manee Patanapongpibul, Alexander Ryabchun, Liang Zhang
Changing Liquid Crystal Helical Pitch with a Reversible Rotaxane Switch. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2024)
Patrick Zwick, Axel Troncossi, Stefan Borsley, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Stepwise Operation of a Molecular Rotary Motor Driven by an Appel Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024)
Romain Jamagne, Martin J Power, Zhi-Hui Zhang, Germán Zango, Benjamin Gibber, David A Leigh
Active template synthesis. Chemical Society reviews (2024)
Patrick Zwick, Axel Troncossi, Stefan Borsley, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Stepwise Operation of a Molecular Rotary Motor Driven by an Appel Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (7) (2024)
Jiankang Zhong, Zhanhu Sun, Liang Zhang, George F S Whitehead, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Folding a Molecular Strand into a Trefoil Knot of Single Handedness with Co(II)/Co(III) Chaperones. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (31) (2024)
Min Zhang, Robert Nixon, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Lucian Pirvu, Guillaume De Bo, David A Leigh
Mechanical scission of a knotted polymer. Nature chemistry 16 (8) (2024)
Andrei S Baluna, Albano Galan, David A Leigh, Gareth D Smith, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Min Zhang
In Search of Wasserman's Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (17) (2023)
Andrei S Baluna, Albano Galan, David A Leigh, Gareth D Smith, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Min Zhang
In Search of Wasserman's Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (17) (2023)
Andrei S Baluna, Albano Galan, David A Leigh, Gareth D Smith, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Min Zhang
In Search of Wasserman's Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2023)
Andrei S Baluna, Albano Galan, David A Leigh, Gareth D Smith, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Min Zhang
In Search of Wasserman's Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (17) (2023)
Andrei S Baluna, Marcel Dommaschk, Burkhard Groh, Salma Kassem, David A Leigh, Daniel J Tetlow, Dean Thomas, Loli Varela López
Switched "On" Transient Fluorescence Output from a Pulsed-Fuel Molecular Ratchet. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2023)
Andrei S Baluna, Albano Galan, David A Leigh, Gareth D Smith, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Min Zhang
In Search of Wasserman's Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (17) (2023)
Stefan Borsley, James M Gallagher, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts
Ratcheting synthesis. Nature reviews. Chemistry 8 (1) (2023)
Andrei S Baluna, Albano Galan, David A Leigh, Gareth D Smith, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Min Zhang
In Search of Wasserman's Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2023)
Stefan Borsley, James M Gallagher, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts
Ratcheting synthesis. Nature reviews. Chemistry (2023)
Andrei S Baluna, Albano Galan, David A Leigh, Gareth D Smith, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Min Zhang
In Search of Wasserman's Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2023)
Martin J Power, David T J Morris, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Compact Rotaxane Superbases. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2023)
Zoe Ashbridge, Olivia M Knapp, Elisabeth Kreidt, David A Leigh, Lucian Pirvu, Fredrik Schaufelberger
Social Self-Sorting Synthesis of Molecular Knots . Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (37) (2022)
Zhi-Hui Zhang, Björn J Andreassen, David P August, David A Leigh, Liang Zhang
Molecular weaving. Nature materials 21 (3) (2022)
Zoe Ashbridge, Stephen D P Fielden, David A Leigh, Lucian Pirvu, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Liang Zhang
Knotting matters: orderly molecular entanglements. Chemical Society reviews 51 (18) (2022)
Stefan Borsley, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal
Tuning the Force, Speed, and Efficiency of an Autonomous Chemically Fueled Information Ratchet. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (37) (2022)
Stefan Borsley, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts
Chemical fuels for molecular machinery. Nature chemistry 14 (7) (2022)
Stefan Borsley, Elisabeth Kreidt, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts
Autonomous fuelled directional rotation about a covalent single bond. Nature 604 (7904) (2022)
Zoe Ashbridge, Elisabeth Kreidt, Lucian Pirvu, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Joakim Halldin Stenlid, Frank Abild-Pedersen, David A Leigh
Vernier template synthesis of molecular knots. Science (New York, N.Y.) 375 (6584) (2022)
Lorna Binks, Chong Tian, Stephen D P Fielden, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Transamidation-Driven Molecular Pumps. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (34) (2022)
Deepak Asthana, Dean Thomas, Selena J Lockyer, Adam Brookfield, Grigore A Timco, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, George F S Whitehead, Eric J L McInnes, David Collison, David A Leigh, Richard E P Winpenny
Decorating polymer beads with 10 14 inorganic-organic [2]rotaxanes as shown by spin counting. Communications chemistry 5 (1) (2022)
Shuntaro Amano, Massimiliano Esposito, Elisabeth Kreidt, David A Leigh, Emanuele Penocchio, Benjamin M W Roberts
Using Catalysis to Drive Chemistry Away from Equilibrium: Relating Kinetic Asymmetry, Power Strokes, and the Curtin-Hammett Principle in Brownian Ratchets. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (44) (2022)
Yansong Ren, Romain Jamagne, Daniel J Tetlow, David A Leigh
A tape-reading molecular ratchet. Nature 612 (7938) (2022)
Dean Thomas, Daniel J Tetlow, Yansong Ren, Salma Kassem, Ulvi Karaca, David A Leigh
Pumping between phases with a pulsed-fuel molecular ratchet. Nature nanotechnology 17 (7) (2022)
Deepak Asthana, Dean Thomas, Selena J Lockyer, Adam Brookfield, Grigore A Timco, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, George F S Whitehead, Eric J L McInnes, David Collison, David A Leigh, Richard E P Winpenny
Decorating polymer beads with 10 14 inorganic-organic [2]rotaxanes as shown by spin counting. Communications chemistry 5 (1) (2022)
Shuntaro Amano, Massimiliano Esposito, Elisabeth Kreidt, David A Leigh, Emanuele Penocchio, Benjamin M W Roberts
Insights from an information thermodynamics analysis of a synthetic molecular motor. Nature chemistry 14 (5) (2022)
Shuntaro Amano, Stefan Borsley, David A Leigh, Zhanhu Sun
Chemical engines: driving systems away from equilibrium through catalyst reaction cycles. Nature nanotechnology 16 (10) (2021)
Javier Echavarren, Malcolm A Y Gall, Adrian Haertsch, David A Leigh, Justin T J Spence, Daniel J Tetlow, Chong Tian
Sequence-Selective Decapeptide Synthesis by the Parallel Operation of Two Artificial Molecular Machines. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (13) (2021)
Stefan Borsley, David A Leigh, Benjamin M W Roberts
A Doubly Kinetically-Gated Information Ratchet Autonomously Driven by Carbodiimide Hydration. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (11) (2021)
Damien Sluysmans, Perrine Lussis, Charles-André Fustin, Andrea Bertocco, David A Leigh, Anne-Sophie Duwez
Real-Time Fluctuations in Single-Molecule Rotaxane Experiments Reveal an Intermediate Weak Binding State during Shuttling. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (5) (2021)
David P August, Javier Jaramillo-Garcia, David A Leigh, Alberto Valero, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal
A Chiral Cyclometalated Iridium Star of David [2]Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (2) (2021)
Shuntaro Amano, Stephen D P Fielden, David A Leigh
A catalysis-driven artificial molecular pump. Nature 594 (7864) (2021)
Salma Kassem, Alan T L Lee, David A Leigh, Augustinas Markevicius, Daniel J Tetlow, Naoyuki Toriumi
Site-to-site peptide transport on a molecular platform using a small-molecule robotic arm. Chemical science 12 (6) (2020)
Nathalie Katsonis, Federico Lancia, David A Leigh, Lucian Pirvu, Alexander Ryabchun, Fredrik Schaufelberger
Knotting a molecular strand can invert macroscopic effects of chirality. Nature chemistry 12 (10) (2020)
David P August, Robert A W Dryfe, Sarah J Haigh, Paige R C Kent, David A Leigh, Jean-François Lemonnier, Zheling Li, Christopher A Muryn, Leoni I Palmer, Yiwei Song, George F S Whitehead, Robert J Young
Self-assembly of a layered two-dimensional molecularly woven fabric. Nature 588 (7838) (2020)
David A Leigh, Jonathan J Danon, Stephen D P Fielden, Jean-François Lemonnier, George F S Whitehead, Steffen L Woltering
A molecular endless (74) knot. Nature chemistry 13 (2) (2020)
Yiwei Song, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Zoe Ashbridge, Lucian Pirvu, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Effects of turn-structure on folding and entanglement in artificial molecular overhand knots. Chemical science 12 (5) (2020)
Chong Tian, Stephen D P Fielden, George F S Whitehead, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Weak functional group interactions revealed through metal-free active template rotaxane synthesis. Nature communications 11 (1) (2020)
David A Leigh, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Lucian Pirvu, Joakim Halldin Stenlid, David P August, Julien Segard
Tying different knots in a molecular strand. Nature 584 (7822) (2020)
Chong Tian, Stephen D P Fielden, Borja Pérez-Saavedra, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Single-Step Enantioselective Synthesis of Mechanically Planar Chiral [2]Rotaxanes Using a Chiral Leaving Group Strategy. Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (21) (2020)
David P August, Stefan Borsley, Scott L Cockroft, Flavio Della Sala, David A Leigh, Simon J Webb
Transmembrane Ion Channels Formed by a Star of David [2]Catenane and a Molecular Pentafoil Knot. Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (44) (2020)
Chiara Biagini, Stephen D P Fielden, David A Leigh, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Stefano Di Stefano, Dean Thomas
Dissipative Catalysis with a Molecular Machine. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 58 (29) (2019)
Liang Zhang, Jean-François Lemonnier, Angela Acocella, Matteo Calvaresi, Francesco Zerbetto, David A Leigh
Effects of knot tightness at the molecular level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (7) (2019)
Javier Echavarren, Malcolm A Y Gall, Adrian Haertsch, David A Leigh, Vanesa Marcos, Daniel J Tetlow
Active template rotaxane synthesis through the Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling of alkylzinc reagents with redox-active esters. Chemical science 10 (30) (2019)
Jiankang Zhong, Liang Zhang, David P August, George F S Whitehead, David A Leigh
Self-Sorting Assembly of Molecular Trefoil Knots of Single Handedness. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (36) (2019)
Liang Zhang, Alexander J Stephens, Jean-François Lemonnier, Lucian Pirvu, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Christopher J Robinson, David A Leigh
Coordination Chemistry of a Molecular Pentafoil Knot. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (9) (2019)
Jean-François Ayme, Jonathon E Beves, Christopher J Campbell, David A Leigh
Probing the Dynamics of the Imine-Based Pentafoil Knot and Pentameric Circular Helicate Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (8) (2019)
David A Leigh, Lucian Pirvu, Fredrik Schaufelberger
Stereoselective Synthesis of Molecular Square and Granny Knots. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (14) (2019)
Marcel Dommaschk, Javier Echavarren, David A Leigh, Vanesa Marcos, Thomas A Singleton
Dynamic Control of Chiral Space Through Local Symmetry Breaking in a Rotaxane Organocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 58 (42) (2019)
David A Leigh, Lucian Pirvu, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Daniel J Tetlow, Liang Zhang
Securing a Supramolecular Architecture by Tying a Stopper Knot. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 57 (33) (2018)
Sundus Erbas-Cakmak, Stephen D P Fielden, Ulvi Karaca, David A Leigh, Charlie T McTernan, Daniel J Tetlow, Miriam R Wilson
Rotary and linear molecular motors driven by pulses of a chemical fuel. Science (New York, N.Y.) 358 (6361) (2018)
Liang Zhang, Alexander J Stephens, Alina L Nussbaumer, Jean-François Lemonnier, Pia Jurček, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Stereoselective synthesis of a composite knot with nine crossings. Nature chemistry 10 (11) (2018)
David A Leigh, Jean-Francois Lemonnier, Steffen L Woltering
Comment on "Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of a Molecular Knot Comprising Sixteen Crossings". Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 57 (38) (2018)
Stephen D P Fielden, David A Leigh, Charlie T McTernan, Borja Pérez-Saavedra, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal
Spontaneous Assembly of Rotaxanes from a Primary Amine, Crown Ether and Electrophile. Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (19) (2018)
Liang Zhang, David P August, Jiankang Zhong, George F S Whitehead, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, David A Leigh
Molecular Trefoil Knot from a Trimeric Circular Helicate. Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (15) (2018)
Guillaume De Bo, Malcolm A Y Gall, Sonja Kuschel, Julien De Winter, Pascal Gerbaux, David A Leigh
An artificial molecular machine that builds an asymmetric catalyst. Nature nanotechnology 13 (5) (2018)
Jonathan J Danon, David A Leigh, Simone Pisano, Alberto Valero, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal
A Six-Crossing Doubly Interlocked [2]Catenane with Twisted Rings, and a Molecular Granny Knot. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 57 (42) (2018)
Matthijs R Panman, Chris N van Dijk, Adriana Huerta-Viga, Hans J Sanders, Bert H Bakker, David A Leigh, Albert M Brouwer, Wybren Jan Buma, Sander Woutersen
Transient two-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy of an operating molecular machine. Nature communications 8 (1) (2017)
Stephen D P Fielden, David A Leigh, Steffen L Woltering
Molecular Knots. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 56 (37) (2017)
Guillaume De Bo, Guillaume Dolphijn, Charlie T McTernan, David A Leigh
[2]Rotaxane Formation by Transition State Stabilization. Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (25) (2017)
Christopher J Martin, Alan T L Lee, Ralph W Adams, David A Leigh
Enzyme-Mediated Directional Transport of a Small-Molecule Walker With Chemically Identical Feet. Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (34) (2017)
David A Leigh, Vanesa Marcos, Tugrul Nalbantoglu, Iñigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, F Tuba Yasar, Xiaokang Zhu
Pyridyl-Acyl Hydrazone Rotaxanes and Molecular Shuttles. Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (20) (2017)
Guillaume De Bo, David A Leigh, Charlie T McTernan, Shoufeng Wang
A complementary pair of enantioselective switchable organocatalysts. Chemical science 8 (10) (2017)
Guillaume De Bo, Malcolm A Y Gall, Matthew O Kitching, Sonja Kuschel, David A Leigh, Daniel J Tetlow, John W Ward
Sequence-Specific β-Peptide Synthesis by a Rotaxane-Based Molecular Machine. Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (31) (2017)
Katarzyna Eichstaedt, Javier Jaramillo-Garcia, David A Leigh, Vanesa Marcos, Simone Pisano, Thomas A Singleton
Switching between Anion-Binding Catalysis and Aminocatalysis with a Rotaxane Dual-Function Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (27) (2017)
Dhiredj C Jagesar, Piet G Wiering, Euan R Kay, David A Leigh, Albert M Brouwer
Successive Translocation of the Rings in a [3]Rotaxane. Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry 17 (12) (2016)
David A Leigh
Genesis of the Nanomachines: The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 55 (47) (2016)

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