Publications

* = corresponding author

17. Holding your nerve in academia whilst managing multiple sclerosis

A. N. Bismillah*, S. D. P. Fielden*

Nat. Rev. Chem. 2024, 8, 793–794.

16. Kinetically Controlled and Nonequilibrium Assembly of Block Copolymers in Solution

S. D. P. Fielden*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18781–18796.

15. Harnessing Cytosine for Tunable Nanoparticle Self-Assembly Behavior Using Orthogonal Stimuli

S. J. Parkinson, S. D. P. Fielden, M. Thomas, A. J Miller, P. D. Topham, M. J. Derry, R. K. O’Reilly*

Biomacromolecules 2024, 25, 4905–4912.

14. Flexibility from fluxionality (invited News and Views article highlighting this paper)

S. D. P. Fielden*

Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 296–298.

13. Crown ether active template synthesis of rotaxanes

S. D. P. Fielden*

ChemSystemsChem 2024, 6, e202300048.

Featured on the front cover.

12. Controlled node growth on the surface of polymersomes

M. Thomas, S. Varlas, T. R. Wilks, S. D. P. Fielden,* R. K. O'Reilly*

Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 4396–4402.

featured in #MyFirstChemSci 2024 collection

11. Triggered polymersome fusion

S. D. P. Fielden,* M. J. Derry, A. J. Miller, P. D. Topham, R. K. O’Reilly*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5824–5833.

10. Transamidation-driven molecular pumps

L. Binks, C. Tian, S. D. P. Fielden, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. A. Leigh*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15838–15844.

Highlighted in Chemistry World

9. Knotting matters: orderly molecular entanglements

Z. Ashbridge, S. D. P. Fielden, D. A. Leigh,* L. Pirvu, F. Schaufelberger, L. Zhang

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 7779–7809.

Featured on the cover.

8. A Catalysis-Driven Artificial Molecular Pump

S. Amano, S. D. P. Fielden, D. A. Leigh*

Nature, 2021, 594, 529–534.

7. A molecular endless (74) knot

D. A. Leigh,* J. J. Danon, S. D. P. Fielden, J.-F. Lemonnier, G. F. S. Whitehead, S. L. Woltering.

Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 117–122.

Featured on the front cover.

Highlighted in Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 114–16, Matter 2021, 4, 2582-2584 , Nature 2020, 588, 541, Chemistry World and elsewhere.

6. Single-Step Enantioselective Synthesis of Mechanically Planar Chiral [2]Rotaxanes Using a Chiral Leaving Group Strategy

C. Tian,+ S. D. P. Fielden,+ B. Pérez-Saavedra, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. A. Leigh.*

+ = equal contribution

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 9803–9808.

Highlighted in Synfacts 2020, 16, 0917.

5. Weak functional group interactions revealed through metal-free active template rotaxane synthesis

C. Tian,+ S. D. P. Fielden,+ G. F. S. Whitehead, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. A. Leigh.* (contribution order, +equal contribution)

+ = equal contribution

Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 744.

Featured in Nat. Commun. Focus: Nanoscale & Supramolecular Chemistry

Highlighted in Synfacts 2020, 16, 0405.

4. Dissipative Catalysis with a Molecular Machine

C. Biagini, S. D. P. Fielden, D. A. Leigh,* F. Schaufelberger, S. Di Stefano, D. Thomas.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 9876–9880.

Selected as a Hot Paper.

Featured on the cover.

3. Spontaneous assembly of rotaxanes from a primary amine, crown ether and electrophile

S. D. P. Fielden, D. A. Leigh,* C. T. McTernan, B. Pérez-Saavedra, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6049–6052.

Featured in Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1481–1483.

2. Molecular Knots

S. D. P. Fielden, D. A. Leigh,* S. L. Woltering

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11166–11194.

1. Rotary and linear molecular motors driven by pulses of a chemical fuel.

S. Erbas-Cakmak, S. D. P. Fielden, U. Karaca, D. A. Leigh,* C. T. McTernan, D. J. Tetlow, M. R. Wilson.
Science 2017, 358, 340–343.