Feringa, Prof. Ben

Ben Feringa (1951) has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016. Feringa has been professor of Organic Chemistry since 1988. He is one of the best scientists of our time, both within the Netherlands and worldwide. His research performance is so exceptional that he is generally regarded as one of the world’s most creative and productive chemists. He has achieved breakthroughs in various fields of chemistry, including organic synthesis, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology.

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Tetrahedron Prize 2016

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His discovery in 1999 of the ‘molecular motor’, a light-driven rotating molecule, is widely recognized as a world-class breakthrough. The potential applications of this concept are as numerous as they are spectacular. The idea that molecular motors can transport themselves through the bloodstream in order to deliver drugs to previously unreachable locations in the human body with a high degree of accuracy is particularly inspiring. It is partly thanks to Feringa that the University of Groningen is undisputedly Europe’s number one in the field of chemistry.

Feringa has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2004 Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch prize in science, awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). In 2008 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) appointed Feringa Academy Professor, giving him the opportunity to concentrate on whatever he wanted in the field of innovative teaching and research for five years. Feringa is the Vice President of the KNAW also. In 2011 he received the Van 't Hoff medal. This is awarded once every ten years by the University of Amsterdam for work in the field of chemistry. In May 2013 he was awarded a TOP grant of EUR 780,000 by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grant is for his research on molecular motors.

In 2013 Feringa was awarded the Lilly European Distinguished Science Award, followed by the Marie Curie Medal, the highest honor awarded annually by the Polish Chemical Society for chemist working outside Poland. Also he was awarded two important Japanese prizes (2013), the prestigious Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society (2014), the Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize (2015) and the Tetrahedron Prize (2016).

Together with Anouk Lubbe, Feringa wrote the book Everyday Molecules, in 2022. The richly illustrated book provides an accessible overview of 180 substances from our daily lives.

Nobel prize

In 2016 Feringa has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Feringa received the prize together with Jean-Pierre Sauvage (France) and Sir James Fraser Stoddart (UK) for their work on the development of molecular machines.

Nobel Prize (selection; some in Dutch)

Nobel Prize video (mostly in Dutch)

Nobelprijs voor Feringa: terugblik op een schitterende dag
Road to the 2016 Nobel Prize
De grote droom is uitgekomen (interview Nieuwsuur)
Feringa bij De Wereld Draait Door

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2025

Pegoraro, C., Guinart, A., Masiá Sanchis, E., Doellerer, D., Stuart, M. C. A., Conejos-Sánchez, I., Feringa, B. L., & Vicent, M. J. (2025). A light-driven molecular motor-polypeptide conjugate supports controlled cell uptake. Journal of materials chemistry b, 13(8), 2658-2665. Article d4tb02434f. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tb02434f

Ovalle, M., Doellerer, D., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). Azobenzene-Oxindole Photochromic Dyads. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), Article e202501872. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202501872

Koy, M., Fellert, M., Deng, C., Uiterweerd, M. T., Lessentier, A., Wu, M., Cregut, M., Zheng, J., Streiff, S., de Pablo, J. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). Bio-Based Surfactants via Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis. Chemistry – A European Journal, 31(17), Article e202500077. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500077

Stindt, C. N., Jo, T., Steen, J. D., Feringa, B. L., & Crespi, S. (2025). Computational Study on the Dynamics of a Bis(benzoxazole)-Based Overcrowded Alkene. The journal of physical chemistry. A, 129(5), 1301–1309. Article 4c06773. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c06773

Mondal, A., Dašková, V., Chen, X., Thiel, N. O., Alachouzos, G., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). Diastereoselective C(sp³)-H acetoxylation of phosphoramidites. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), Article d5cc00550g. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc00550g

Sheng, J., van Beek, C. L. F., Stindt, C. N., Danowski, W., Jankowska, J., Crespi, S., Pooler, D. R. S., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). General strategy for boosting the performance of speed-tunable rotary molecular motors with visible light. Science Advances, 11(8), Article eadr9326. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr9326

Doellerer, D., de Boer, J. Y., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). General Synthetic Methodologies for Building Blocks to Construct Molecular Motors. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 90(10), 3519–3526. Article 4c02619. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c02619

Liu, L., Deng, Y., Qu, D.-H., Feringa, B. L., Tian, H., & Zhang, Q. (2025). Kinetic Control of Self-Assembly Pathway in Dual Dynamic Covalent Polymeric Systems. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 64(9), Article e202424147. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202424147

Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, S., Sun, W., Zhang, Z., Zhou, G., Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2025). Photoresponsive Coatings by Light-Driven Molecular Motors in Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microcapsules. Precision Chemistry, 3(3), 149–156. https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.4c00103

Guinart, A., Doellerer, D., Qutbuddin, Y., Zivkovic, H., Branca, C., Hrebik, D., Schwille, P., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). Photoswitchable Molecular Motor Phospholipid: Synthesis, Characterization, and Integration into Lipid Vesicles. Langmuir, 41(6), 3961–3970. Article 4c04173. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c04173

Kolarski, D., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). Spatiotemporal Control Over Circadian Rhythms With Light. Medicinal research reviews, 45(3), 968-984. Article 22099. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/med.22099

Helbert, H., Deuther-Conrad, W., de Haan, M., Wenzel, B., Luurtsema, G., Szymanski, W., Brust, P., Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Feringa, B. L., & Elsinga, P. H. (2025). Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of spirobenzovesamicols as potential ¹¹C-PET tracer alternatives to [¹⁸F]FEOBV for vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) imaging. EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 10, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41181-025-00327-w

Feringa, B. L. (2025). The Art of Building Small. Precision Chemistry, 3(3), 108–109. https://doi.org/10.1021/prechem.5c00023

Mgbukwu, M., Fu, X., Peshkov, R. Y., Doellerer, D., Granados Buitrago, C., Feringa, B. L., Haacke, S., Crespi, S., & Léonard, J. (2025). Tuning the Photoisomerization Mechanism of Oxindole Switches with Electron-Donating Substituents. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B: Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces, & Biophysical, 129(15), 3839–3850. Article 4c06856. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c06856

Spoelstra, G. B., Elsinga, P. H., van Dijl, J. M., van Snick, J. H., Feringa, B. L., Glaudemans, A. W. J. M., Keizers, B., Kruijff, S., Szymanski, W., van Oosten, M., & IJpma, F. F. A. (2025). Vancomycin-based tracers guiding in situ visualization of bacteria on osteosynthesis devices and surgical debridement. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-025-07249-4

2024

Fellert, M., Hein, R., Ryabchun, A., Gisbert, Y., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). A Multiresponsive Ferrocene-Based Chiral Overcrowded Alkene Twisting Liquid Crystals. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 64(1), Article e202413047. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413047

Gisbert, Y., Ovalle, M., Stindt, C. N., Costil, R., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). Coupling Rotary Motion to Helicene Inversion within a Molecular Motor. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 64(4), Article e202416097. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202416097

Aidibi, Y., Azar, S., Hardoin, L., Voltz, M., Goeb, S., Allain, M., Sallé, M., Costil, R., Jacquemin, D., Feringa, B., & Canevet, D. (2025). Light- and Temperature-Controlled Hybridization, Chiral Induction and Handedness of Helical Foldamers. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 64(1), Article e202413629. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413629

Freese, T., Meijer, J. T., Miola, M., Pescarmona, P. P., & Feringa, B. L. (2025). Photochemical on-demand production of hydrogen peroxide in a modular flow reactor. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 9(1), 141-151. Article d4se01142b. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SE01142B

Heuberger, L., Korpidou, M., Guinart, A., Doellerer, D., López, D. M., Schoenenberger, C.-A., Milinkovic, D., Lörtscher, E., Feringa, B. L., & Palivan, C. G. (2025). Photoreceptor-Like Signal Transduction Between Polymer-Based Protocells. Advanced materials, 37(3), Article 2413981. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413981

Eijsink, L. E., Sardjan, A. S., Sinnema, E. G., den Besten, H., Zhang, Y., Hage, R., van den Berg, K. J., Flapper, J., Feringa, B. L., & Browne, W. R. (2024). Activation of alkyl hydroperoxides by manganese complexes of tmtacn for initiation of radical polymerisation of alkenes. Catalysis Science and Technology, 14(9), 2423-2433. Article d4cy00042k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cy00042k

Ramspoth, T. F., Flapper, J., van den Berg, K. J., Feringa, B. L., & Harutyunyan, S. R. (2024). A highly efficient and sustainable catalyst system for terminal epoxy-carboxylic acid ring opening reactions. Green Chemistry, 26(6), 3346-3355. Article d3gc04301k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3gc04301k

van Vliet, S., Sheng, J., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). All-visible-light-driven salicylidene schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors. Nature Communications, 15, Article 6461. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4

Xu, F., Sheng, J., Stindt, C. N., Crespi, S., Danowski, W., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). All-visible-light-driven stiff-stilbene photoswitches. Chemical Science, 15(18), 6763-6769. Article d4sc00983e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc00983e

Hou, J., Wang, J., Ryabchun, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Amplification of Light-Induced Helix Inversion of Intrinsically Chiral Diarylethene Molecular Switches. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(17), Article 2312831. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202312831

Spoelstra, G. B., Braams, L. M., IJpma, F. F. A., van Oosten, M., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., Elsinga, P. H., & van Dijl, J. M. (2024). Bacteria-targeted imaging using vancomycin-based positron emission tomography tracers can distinguish infection from sterile inflammation. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-024-06997-z

McNeice, P., ten Brink, G. H., Gran, U., Karlson, L., Edvinsson, R., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Cellulose modification for sustainable polymers: overcoming problems of solubility and processing. RSC Sustainability, 2(2), 369-376. Article d3su00317e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3su00317e

Lepage, M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H., van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Coating composition comprising a binder polymer obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl monomer and a butenolide monomer. (Patent No. WO2024126828).

Deng, Y., Huang, Z., Feringa, B. L., Tian, H., Zhang, Q., & Qu, D.-H. (2024). Converting inorganic sulfur into degradable thermoplastics and adhesives by copolymerization with cyclic disulfides. Nature Communications, 15, Article 3855. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48097-4

Böhmer, V. I., Szymanski, W., Feringa, B. L., & Elsinga, P. H. (2024). Correction: Multivalent probes in molecular imaging Reality or future?: (Trends in Molecular Medicine, 27:4 p:379-393, 2021). Trends in Molecular Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2024.05.003

McNeice, P., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). CO₂ switchable solvents for sustainable dissolution, modification, and processing of cellulose materials: a critical review. Green Chemistry, 26(24), 11747-11772. Article d4gc04032e. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4gc04032e

van Beek, C. L. F., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Coupled Rotary Motion in Molecular Motors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(8), 5634–5642. Article 3c14430. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14430

Deng, Y., Zhang, Q., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Dynamic Chemistry Toolbox for Advanced Sustainable Materials. Advanced science , 11(14), Article 2308666. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202308666

Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2024). Excited State Dynamics in Unidirectional Photochemical Molecular Motors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(18), 12255–12270. Article 4c01019. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01019

Sheng, J., Danowski, W., Sardjan, A. S., Hou, J., Crespi, S., Ryabchun, A., Domínguez, M. P., Jan Buma, W., Browne, W. R., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Formylation boosts the performance of light-driven overcrowded alkene-derived rotary molecular motors. Nature Chemistry, 16(8), 1330–1338. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01521-0

Boëtius, M. E., Hoorens, M. W. H., Ošťadnický, M., Laurent, A. D., di Donato, M., van Wingaarden, A. C. A., Hilbers, M. F., Feringa, B. L., Buma, W. J., Medveď, M., & Szymanski, W. (2024). Getting a molecular grip on the half-lives of iminothioindoxyl photoswitches. Chemical Science, 35, Article d4sc01457j. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc01457j

Stähler, C., Reynaerts, R., Rinkovec, T., Verstraete, L., Heideman, G. H., Minoia, A., Harvey, J. N., Mali, K. S., De Feyter, S., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Highly Ordered Co-Assembly of Bisurea Functionalized Molecular Switches at the Solid-Liquid Interface. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(18), Article e202303994. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303994

Visser, P., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Introduction of Molecular Complexity via the Cross-Coupling of Lithium 1,4-Dioxene with Aryl Bromides. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(61), Article e202402351. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402351

Qutbuddin, Y., Guinart, A., Gavrilović, S., Al Nahas, K., Feringa, B. L., & Schwille, P. (2024). Light-Activated Synthetic Rotary Motors in Lipid Membranes Induce Shape Changes Through Membrane Expansion. Advanced materials, 36(16), Article 2311176. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202311176

Ovalle, M., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Light, Switch, Action! The Influence of Geometrical Photoisomerization in an Adaptive Self-Assembled System. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(46), 31892–31900. Article 4c11206. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c11206

van Ewijk, C., Xu, F., Maity, S., Sheng, J., Stuart, M. C. A., Feringa, B. L., & Roos, W. H. (2024). Light-Triggered Disassembly of Molecular Motor-based Supramolecular Polymers Revealed by High Speed-AFM. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(14), Article e202319387. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202319387

Hein, R., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Mix and Match Tuning of the Conformational and Multistate Redox Switching Properties of an Overcrowded Alkene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(38), 26275–26285. Article 4c08284. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c08284

Doellerer, D., Rückert, A.-K., Doria, S., Hilbers, M., Simeth, N. A., Buma, W. J., Di Donato, M., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., & Crespi, S. (2024). Modulation of the isomerization of iminothioindoxyl switches by supramolecular confinement. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 60(70), 9388-9391. Article d4cc02423k. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc02423k

Gisbert, Y., Fellert, M., Stindt, C. N., Gerstner, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Molecular Motors' Magic Methyl and Its Pivotal Influence on Rotation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(18), 12609–12619. Article 4c01628. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01628

Lepage, M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H., van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Monomer mixture comprising an n-vinyl monomer and a butenolide monomer and coating compositions derived therefrom. (Patent No. WO2024126832).

Shan, Y., Sheng, J., Zhang, Q., Stuart, M. C. A., Qu, D. H., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Multi-state photoluminescent properties of an overcrowded alkene-based molecular motor in aggregates. Aggregate, 5(5), Article e584. https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.584

Sheng, J., Perego, J., Bracco, S., Cieciórski, P., Danowski, W., Comotti, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Orthogonal Photoswitching in a Porous Organic Framework. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(23), Article e202404878. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202404878

Schulte, A. M., Vivien, Q., Leene, J. H., Alachouzos, G., Feringa, B. L., & Szymanski, W. (2024). Photocleavable Protecting Groups Using a Sulfite Self-Immolative Linker for High Uncaging Quantum Yield and Aqueous Solubility. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(47), Article e202411380. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202411380

Parlato, R., Volarić, J., Lasorsa, A., Bagherpoor Helabad, M., Kobauri, P., Jain, G., Miettinen, M. S., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., & van der Wel, P. C. A. (2024). Photocontrol of the β-Hairpin Polypeptide Structure through an Optimized Azobenzene-Based Amino Acid Analogue. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(3), 2062–2071. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c11155

Long, G., Deng, Y., Zhao, W., Zhou, G., Broer, D. J., Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024). Photoresponsive Biomimetic Functions by Light-Driven Molecular Motors in Three Dimensionally Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(20), 13894-13902. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01642

Deng, Y., Long, G., Zhang, Y., Zhao, W., Zhou, G., Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024). Photo-responsive functional materials based on light-driven molecular motors. Light-Science & applications, 13, Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01391-8

Edwards, M. D., Pratley, M. T., Gordon, C. M., Teixeira, R. I., Ali, H., Mahmood, I., Lester, R., Love, A., Hermens, J. G. H., Freese, T., Feringa, B. L., Poliakoff, M., & George, M. W. (2024). Process Intensification of the Continuous Synthesis of Bio-Derived Monomers for Sustainable Coatings Using a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor. Organic Process Research and Development, 28(5), 1917–1928. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.3c00462

Weber, R. R., Stindt, C. N., van der Harten, A.-L. M. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Push-Pull Bis-Norbornadienes for Solar Thermal Energy Storage. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(35), Article e202400482. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400482

Lepage, M. L. P., Feringa, B. L., Hermens, J. G. H., van den Berg, K. J., & Elders, N. (2024). Radiation-curable coating composition, method of coating a substrate and coated substrate. (Patent No. WO2024126829).

Sidler, E., Hein, R., Doellerer, D., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Redox-Switchable Aromaticity in a Helically Extended Indeno[2,1-c]fluorene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(28), 19168–19176. Article 4c04191. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04191

Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Danowski, W., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2024). Substituent effects on first generation photochemical molecular motors probed by femtosecond stimulated Raman. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 161(7), Article 074504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216442

Spoelstra, G. B., Blok, S. N., Reali Nazario, L., Noord, L., Fu, Y., Simeth, N. A., IJpma, F. F. A., van Oosten, M., van Dijl, J. M., Feringa, B. L., Szymanski, W., & Elsinga, P. H. (2024). Synthesis and preclinical evaluation of novel 18F-vancomycin-based tracers for the detection of bacterial infections using positron emission tomography. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 51, 2583–2596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-024-06717-7

Stindt, C. N., Crespi, S., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Synthesis of Styrylbenzazole Photoswitches and Evaluation of their Photochemical Properties. Chemistry – A European Journal, 30(39), Article e202401409. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202401409

Schulte, A. M., Alachouzos, G., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). The fate of the contact ion pair determines the photochemistry of coumarin-based photocleavable protecting groups. Chemical Science, 15(6), 2062-2073. Article d3sc05725a. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc05725a

Freese, T., Elzinga, N., Heinemann, M., Lerch, M. M., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). The relevance of sustainable laboratory practices. RSC Sustainability, 2(5), 1300-1336. Article d4su00056k. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00056K

Fu, Y., Alachouzos, G., Simeth, N. A., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., Buma, W. J., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer: A Simple Strategy for an Efficient Visible Light-Induced Photoclick Reaction. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(21), Article e202319321. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202319321

Guinart, A., Doellerer, D., Pooler, D. R. S., de Boer, J. Y., Doria, S., Bussotti, L., Di Donato, M., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Two-photon absorption of oxindole-based push–pull molecular motors. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 453, Article 115649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.115649

Fu, Y., Simeth, N. A., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Visible and near-infrared light-induced photoclick reactions. Nature reviews chemistry, 8(9), 665–685. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-024-00633-y

Volarić, J., van der Heide, N. J., Mutter, N. L., Samplonius, D. F., Helfrich, W., Maglia, G., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Visible Light Control over the Cytolytic Activity of a Toxic Pore-Forming Protein. ACS chemical biology, 19(2), 451–461. Article 3c00640. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.3c00640

Jensma, A., Elders, N., van den Berg, K. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Waterborne polymers and coatings from bio-based butenolides. Green Chemistry, 26(18), 9676-9681. Article d4gc03466j. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4gc03466j

Doze, A. M., Fu, Y., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., Luurtsema, G., Elsinga, P. H., Buma, W. J., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). With or without a co-solvent? highly efficient ultrafast phenanthrenequinone-electron rich alkene (PQ-ERA) photoclick reactions. Chemical Science, 15(29), 11557-11563. Article d4sc01810a. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc01810a

2023

Schulte, A. M., Smid, L. M., Alachouzos, G., Szymanski, W., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Cation delocalization and photo-isomerization enhance the uncaging quantum yield of a photocleavable protecting group. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 60(5), 578-581. Article D3CC05055F. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc05055f

Sheng, J., Perego, J., Bracco, S., Czepa, W., Danowski, W., Krause, S., Sozzani, P., Ciesielski, A., Comotti, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Construction of Multi-Stimuli Responsive Highly Porous Switchable Frameworks by In-Situ Solid-State Generation of Spiropyran Switches. Advanced materials, 36(4), Article 2305783. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202305783

Li, J., Xie, S., Meng, J., Liu, Y., Zhan, Q., Zhang, Y., Shui, L., Zhou, G., Feringa, B. L., & Chen, J. (2024). Dynamic Control of Multiple Optical Patterns of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microdroplets by Light-Driven Molecular Motors. CCS Chemistry, 6(2), 427-438. https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.023.202303171

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Visser, P., Hagelschuer, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2024). Synthesis of (E)-1-aryl-2-buten-1-ones by the Cross-Coupling of Lithium 1-methoxy-1,3-butadienes with Aryl Bromides. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 366(4), 745-750. Article 202301249. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202301249

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Freese, T., Meijer, J. T., Feringa, B. L., & Beil, S. B. (2023). An organic perspective on photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide. Nature Catalysis, 6, 553–558. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-023-00980-x

Zhang, Q., Toyoda, R., Pfeifer, L., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Architecture-Controllable Single-Crystal Helical Self-assembly of Small-Molecule Disulfides with Dynamic Chirality. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(12), 6976–6985. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00586

Chen, X., Padin Santos, D., Stindt, L., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral-at-P Alkenylphosphonamidates through Nickel-Catalyzed C-P Coupling of Phosphoramidites and Alkenyl Halides. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 62(33), Article e202307450. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202307450

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Sheng, J., Perego, J., Danowski, W., Bracco, S., Chen, S., Zhu, X., Bezuidenhout, C. X., Krause, S., Browne, W. R., Sozzani, P., Comotti, A., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Construction of a three-state responsive framework from a bistable photoswitch. Chem, 9(9), 2701-2716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2023.08.004

Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Danowski, W., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., & Meech, S. R. (2023). Control of Photoconversion Yield in Unidirectional Photomolecular Motors by Push-Pull Substituents. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(36), 19849–19855. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c06070

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Pfeifer, L., Stindt, C. N., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Coupled Rotary and Oscillatory Motion in a Second-Generation Molecular Motor Pd Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(2), 822-829. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c08267

Sheng, J., Danowski, W., Crespi, S., Guinart, A., Chen, X., Stähler, C., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Designing P-type bi-stable overcrowded alkene-based chiroptical photoswitches. Chemical Science, 14(16), 4328-4336. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05903g

Srivastava, G., Štacko, P., Mendieta-Moreno, J. I., Edalatmanesh, S., Kistemaker, J. C. M., Heideman, G. H., Zoppi, L., Parschau, M., Feringa, B. L., & Ernst, K. H. (2023). Driving a Third Generation Molecular Motor with Electrons Across a Surface. Acs Nano, 17(4), 3931-3938. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c12340

Fu, Y., Wu, K., Alachouzos, G., Simeth, N. A., Freese, T., Falkowski, M., Szymanski, W., Zhang, H., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Efficient, Near‐Infrared Light‐Induced Photoclick Reaction Enabled by Upconversion Nanoparticles. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(50), Article 2306531. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202306531

Lepage, M. L., Alachouzos, G., Hermens, J. G. H., Elders, N., van den Berg, K. J., & Feringa, B. L. (2023). Electron-Poor Butenolides: The Missing Link between Acrylates and Maleic Anhydride in Radical Polymerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(31), 17211-17219. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04314

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