Publications
55. Bullvalene-Containing Molecular Glasses
Wen, Y.; Hogg, C.; Kuznetsova, M.; Bismillah, A. N.; Cowling, S. J.; McGonigal, P. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202514797.
54. Counterion-Mediated Luminophore Dimerization
Carter, A. G.; Saha, P. K.; Sikder, A.; Aguilar, J. A.; Monkman, A. P.; Avestro, A.-J.; Etherington, M. K.; McGonigal, P. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505433.
53. MASC 2024: Discipline-Spanning Science with Supramolecular Chemistry at its Core
Avestro, A.-J.; Chechik, V.; McGonigal, P. R.; Smith, D. K. Supramol. Chem. 2025, 36, 67–73.
52. Correlated Shapeshifting and Configurational Isomerization
Hussein, B. A.; Maturi, W.; Rylands, M. K.; Bismillah, A. N.; Wen, Y.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ayub, R.; Rankine, C.; McGonigal, P. R. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 14618–14624.
51. A Guide to Bullvalene Stereodynamics
Ives, R. A; Maturi, W.; Gill, M. T.; Rankine, C.; McGonigal, P. R. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 14608–14617.
Featured in the 2024 Most Popular Polymer and Supramolecular Chemistry Article Collection.
50. Geometry-Controlled Reactivity and Dynamics in Organic Molecules
Saha, P. K.; Tran Ngoc; T.; McGonigal, P. R.; Teichert, J. F. Nature Synth. 2024, 3, 684–697.
49. The Crystal Structure of Hexaphenylbenzene Under High Hydrostatic Pressure
Turner, G. F.; Stapleton, N.; Brookes, J.; Spagnoli, D.; Sussardi, A. N.; Jones, A. C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Moggach, S. A. CrystEngComm 2024, 26, 459–467.
48. Tandem High-Pressure Crystallography–Optical Spectroscopy Unpacks Noncovalent Interactions of Piezochromic Fluorescent Molecular Rotors
Sussardi, A. N.; Turner, G. F.; Richardson, J.; Spackman, M. A.; Turley, A. T.; McGonigal, P. R.; Jones, A. C.; Moggach, S. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 19780–19789.
Highlighted in Zhang, J.; Zhang, H.; Tang, B. Z. Matter 2023, 6, 3702–3704.
47. Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry
Bismillah, A. N.; Johnson, T. G.; Hussein, B. A.; Turley, A. T.; Saha, P. K.; Wong, H. C.; Aguilar, J. A.; Yufit, D. S.; McGonigal, P. R. Nature Chem. 2023 15, 615–624.
Highlighted in Gomollón-Bel, F. Chem. World 2023
46. Rupturing Aromaticity by Periphery Overcrowding
Saha, P. K.; Mallick, A.; Turley, A. T.; Bismillah, A. N.; Danos, A.; Monkman, A. P.; Avestro, A.-J.; Yufit, D. S.; McGonigal, P. R. Nature Chem. 2023, 15, 516–525.
Highlighted in Gomollón-Bel, F. Chem. World 2023
45. Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health
Wang, H.; Li, Q.; Alam, P.; Bai, H.; Bhalla, V.; Bryce, M. R.; Cao, M.; Chen, C.; Chen, S.; Chen, X.; Chen, Y.; Chen, Z.; Dang, D.; Ding, D.; Ding, S.; Duo, Y.; Gao, M.; He, W.; He, Z.; Hong, X.; Hong, Y.; Hu, J.-J.; Hu, R.; Huang, X.; James, T. D.; Jiang, X.; Konishi, G.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Li, C.; Li, H.; Li, K.; Li, N.; Li, W.-J.; Li, Y.; Liang, X.-J.; Liang, Y.; Liu, B.; Liu, G.; Liu, X.; Lou, X.; Lou, X.-Y.; Luo, L.; McGonigal, P. R.; Mao, Z.-W.; Niu, G.; Owyong, T. C.; Pucci, A.; Qian, J.; Qin, A.; Qiu, Z.; Rogach, A. L.; Situ, B.; Tanaka, K.; Tang, Y.; Wang, B.; Wang, D.; Wang, J.; Wang, W.; Wang, W.-X.; Wang, W.-J.; Wang, X.; Wang, Y.-F.; Wu, S.; Wu, Y.; Xiong, Y.; Xu, R.; Yan, C; Yan, S.; Yang, H.-B.; Yang, L.-L.; Yang, M.; Yang, Y.-W.; Yoon, J.; Zang, S.-Q.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, P.; Zhang, T.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, X.; Zhao, N.; Zhao, Z.; Zheng, J.; Zheng, L.; Zheng, Z.; Zhu, M.-Q.; Zhu, W.-H.; Zou, H.; Tang, B. Z. ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 14347–14405.
44. The Structure of Methanol at 5.09 GPa: The Fortuitous Formation of a New High-Pressure Phase
Aldum, J. C.; Jones, I.; McGonigal, P. R.; Spagnoli, D.; Stapleton, N. D.; Turner, G. F.; Moggach, S. A. CrystEngComm 2022, 24, 7103–7108.
43. From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom
Klimash, A.; Prlj, A.; Yufit, D. S.; Mallick, A.; Curchod, B. F. E.; McGonigal, P. R.; Skabara, P. J.; Etherington, M. K. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10, 9484–9491.
42. Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways
Turley, A. T.; Saha, P. K.; Danos, A.; Bismillah, A. N.; Monkman, A. P.; Yufit, D. S.; Curchod, B. F. E.; Etherington, M. K.; McGonigal, P. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202193.
Highlighted in Blancafort, L. Aggregate 2022, 3, e238.
41. Supramolecular Repair of Hydration Lubrication Surfaces
Wang, Y.; Sun, Y.; Avestro, A.-J.; McGonigal, P. R.; Zhang, H. Chem 2022, 8, 480–493.
40. Not the Sum of their Parts: Understanding Multi-Donor Interactions in Symmetric and Asymmetric TADF Emitters
Danos, A.; Gudeika, D; Kukhta, N.; Lygaitis, R.; Colella, M.; Higginbotham, H.; Bismillah, A. N.; McGonigal, P. R.; Grazulevicius, J. V.; Monkman, A. P. J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10, 4737–4747.
39. Suppressing Dimer Formation by Increasing Conformational Freedom in Multi-Carbazole Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters
Salah, L.; Etherington, M. K.; Shuaib, A.; Danos, A.; Nazeer, A. A.; Ghazal, B.; Prlj, A.; Turley, A. T.; Mallick, A.; McGonigal, P. R.; Curchod, B. F. E.; Monkman, A. P.; Makhseed, S. J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9, 189–198.
38. Control of Porphyrin Planarity and Aggregation by Covalent Capping: Bissilyloxy Porphyrin Silanes
Hussein, B. A.; Shakeel, Z.; Turley, A. T.; Bismillah, A. N.; Wolfstadt, K.; Pia, J.; Pilkington, M.; McGonigal, P. R.; Adler, M. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13533–13541.
37. Aggregate Science: From Structure to Properties
Zhang, H.; Zhao, Z.; Turley, A. T.; Wang, L.; McGonigal, P. R.; Tu, Y.; Li, Y.; Wang, Z.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Tang, B. Z. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2001457.
36. Modulation of Charge Transfer by N-Alkylation to Control Photoluminescence Energy and Quantum Yield
Turley, A. T.; Danos, A.; Prlj, A.; Monkman, A. P.; Curchod, B. F. E.; McGonigal, P. R.; Etherington, M. K. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 6990–6995.
Featured on the cover of Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, issue 27.
35. Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Synthetic Molecular Pumps
Astumian, R. D.; Pezzato, C.; Feng, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Stoddart, J. F. Mater. Chem. Front. 2020, 4, 1304–1314.
34. Shapeshifting Molecules: The Story so Far and the Shape of Things to Come
Bismillah, A. N.; Chapin, B. M.; Hussein, B. A.; McGonigal, P. R. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 324–332.
Published as part of the Themed Collection on The Mechanisms of Supramolecular Chemistry in celebration of Prof Eric Anslyn.
33. Clusterization-Triggered Emission: Uncommon Luminescence from Common Materials
Zhang, H.; Zhao, Z.; McGonigal, P. R.; Ye, R.; Liu, S.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Yuan, W. Z.; Xie, J.; Rogach, A. L.; Tang, B. Z. Mater. Today 2020, 32, 275–292.
32. Revealing Resonance Effects and Intramolecular Dipole Interactions in the Positional Isomers of Benzonitrile-Core Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials
Kukhta, N. A., Higginbotham, H. F., Matulaitis, T.; Danos, A., Bismillah, A. N.; Haase, N.; Etherington, M. K.; Yufit, D. S.; McGonigal, P. R.; Gražulevičius, J. V.; Monkman, A. P. J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 9184–9194.
Published as part of the Themed Collection on Functional Organic Materials for Optoelectronic Applications in celebration of Prof Martin Bryce.
31. Persistent Dimer Emission in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials
Etherington, M. K.; Kukhta, N. A.; Higginbotham, H. F.; Danos, A.; Bismillah, A. N.; Graves, D. R.; McGonigal, P. R.; Haase, N.; Morherr, A.; Batsanov, A. S.; Pflumm, C.; Bhalla, V.; Bryce, M. R.; Monkman, A. P. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 11109–11117.
30. Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages
Bismillah, A. N.; Sturala, J.; Chapin, B. M.; Yufit, D. S.; Hodgkinson, P.; McGonigal, P. R. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 8631–8636.
Featured on the cover of Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, issue 46.
Selected as Chem. Sci. Pick of the Week and included in the 2018 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection.
29. Long Starphene Single Molecule NOR Boolean Logic Gate
Soe, W. H.; Manzano, C.; de Mendoza, P.; McGonigal, P. R.; Echavarren, A. M.; Joachim, C. Surf. Sci. 2018, 678, 163–168.
28. Multiply Threaded Rotaxanes
McGonigal, P. R. Supramol. Chem. 2018, 30, 782–794.
Invited as part of a Special Issue for 'Emerging Supramolecular Chemistry in the UK'.
27. Excited-State Aromatic Interactions in the Aggregation-Induced Emission of Molecular Rotors
Sturala, J.; Etherington, M. K.; Bismillah, A. N.; Higginbotham, H. F.; Trewby, W. J.; Aguilar, J. A.; Bromley, E. H. C.; Avestro, A.-J.; Monkman, A. P.; McGonigal, P. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17882–17889.
Selected for the 2020 ACS Virtual Issue to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Aggregation-Induced Emission.
26. Triply-Threaded [4]Rotaxanes
Danon, J. J.; Leigh, D. A.; McGonigal, P. R.; Ward, J. W.; Wu. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12643–12647.
Highlighted in Chem. World 20 Sep 2016.
25. Hydroacenes Made Easy by Gold(I) Catalysis
Dorel, R.; McGonigal, P. R.; Echavarren, A. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11120–11123.
24. Influence of Constitution and Charge on Radical Pairing Interactions in Trisradical Tricationic Complexes
Cheng, C.; Cheng, T.; Xiao, H.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Wang, Y.; McGonigal, P. R.; Frasconi, M.; Barnes, J. C.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard, III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8288–8300.
23. Serendipity
McGonigal, P. R.; Stoddart, J. F. In Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry: How Izatt-Christensen Award Winners Shaped the Field; Izatt, R. M., Ed.; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, 2016, 388–414.
22. Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework
McGonigal, P. R.; Deria, P.; Hod, I.; Moghadam, P. Z.; Avestro, A.-J.; Horwitz, N. E.; Gibbs-Hall, I. C.; Blackburn, A. K.; Chen, D.; Botros, Y. Y.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Snurr, R. Q.; Hupp, J. T.; Farha, O. K.; Stoddart, J. F. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 2015, 112, 11161–11168.
21. Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems
Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Stoddart, J. F.; Astumian, R. D. ACS Nano 2015, 9, 8672–8688.
20. An Artificial Molecular Pump
Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Schneebeli, S. T.; Li, H.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Ke, C.; Stoddart, J. F. Nature Nanotech. 2015, 10, 547–553.
Highlighted in Goldup, S. Nature Nanotech. 2015, 10, 488–489.
19. Tunable Solid-state Fluorescent Materials for Supramolecular Encryption
Hou, X.; Ke, C.; Bruns, C. J.; McGonigal, P. R.; Pettman, R. B.; Stoddart, J. F. Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 6884.
18. Oxime Ligation on the Surface of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles
Ferris, D. P.; McGonigal, P. R.; Witus, L. S.; Kawaji, T.; Algaradah, M. M.; Alnajadah, A. R.; Nassar, M. S.; Stoddart, J. F. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 2146–2149.
17. Controlling Association Kinetics in the Formation of Donor–Acceptor Pseudorotaxanes
McGonigal, P. R.; Li, H.; Cheng, C.; Schneebeli, S. T.; Frasconi, M.; Witus, L. S.; Stoddart, J. F. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 3591–3594.
16. Energetically Demanding Transport in a Supramolecular Assembly
Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Liu, W.-G.; Li, H.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Ke, C.; Frasconi, M.; Stern, C. L.; Goddard, III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14702–14705.
15. Gold(I) as an Artificial Cyclase: Short Stereodivergent Syntheses of (–)-Epiglobulol and (–)-4β,7α- and (–)-4α,7α-Aromadendranediols
Carreras, J.; Livendahl, M.; McGonigal, P. R.; Echavarren, A. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4896–4899.
14. Gold(I) Carbenes by Retro-Buchner Reaction: Generation and Fate
Wang, Y.; McGonigal, P. R.; Herlé, B.; Besora, M.; Echavarren, A. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 801–809.
13. Solid-State Characterization and Photo-Induced Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a Nanoconfined Octacationic Homo[2]Catenane
Barnes, J. C.; Frasconi, M.; Young, R. M.; Khdary, N. H.; Liu, W.-G.; Dyar, S. M.; McGonigal, P. R.; Gibbs-Hall, I. C.; Diercks, C.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Stern, C. L.; Goddard, III, W. A.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10569–10572.
12. Formation of a Hetero[3]rotaxane by a Dynamic Component-Swapping Strategy
Wilson, E. A.; Vermeulen, N. A.; McGonigal, P. R.; Avestro, A.-J.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Stern, C. L.; Stoddart, J. F. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9665–9668.
11. Electron Delocalization in a Rigid Cofacial Naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide) Dimer
Wu, Y.; Frasconi, M.; Gardner, D. M.; McGonigal, P. R.; Schneebeli, S. T.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9476–9481.
10. An ExBox [2]Catenane
Juríĉek, M.; Barnes, J. C.; Strutt, N. L.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Ghooray, K. C.; Dale, E. J.; McGonigal, P. R.; Blackburn, A. K.; Avestro, A.-J.; Stoddart, J. F. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2724–2731.
9. Relative Unidirectional Translation in an Artificial Molecular Assembly Fueled by Light
Li, H.; Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Frasconi, M.; Liu, W.-G.; Zhu, Z.; Zhao, Y.; Ke, C.; Lei, J.; Young, R. M.; Dyar, S. M.; Co, D. T.; Yang, Y.-W.; Botros, Y. Y.; Goddard, W. A.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18609–18620.
8. Pillar[5]arene as a Co-Factor in Templating Rotaxane Formation
Ke, C.; Strutt, N. L.; Li, H.; Hou, X.; Hartlieb, K. J.; McGonigal, P. R.; Ma, Z.; Iehl, J.; Stern, C. L.; Cheng, C.; Zhu, Z.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Meade, T. J.; Botros, Y. Y.; Stoddart, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17019–17030.
7. Interlocked Molecules: A Molecular Production Line
McGonigal, P. R.; Stoddart, J. F. Nature Chem. 2013, 51, 260–262.
'News and Views' highlight of Leigh et al. Science 2013, 339 189-193.
6. Gold for the Generation and Control of Fluxional Barbaralyl Cations
McGonigal, P. R.; de León, C.; Wang, Y.; Homs, A.; Solorio-Alvarado, C. R.; Echavarren, A. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 13093–13096.
5. Active-Metal Template Synthesis of a Molecular Trefoil Knot
Barran, P. E.; Cole, H. L.; Goldup, S. M.; Leigh, D. A.; McGonigal, P. R.; Symes, M. D.; Wu, J.; Zengerle, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 12280–12284.
Featured on the cover of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, issue 51.
Highlighted in Romuald, C.; Coutrot, F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2544–2545.
4. En Route to a Molecular Sheaf: Active Metal Template Synthesis of a [3]Rotaxane with Two Axles Threaded through One Ring
Cheng, H. M.; Leigh, D. A.; Maffei, F.; McGonigal, P. R.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; Wu, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 12298–12303.
3. Ligand-assisted Nickel-catalysed sp3–sp3 Homocoupling of Unactivated Alkyl Bromides and its Application to the Active Template Synthesis of Rotaxanes
Goldup, S. M.; Leigh, D. A.; McBurney, R. T.; McGonigal, P. R.; Plant, A. Chem. Sci. 2010, 1, 383–386.
2. Two Axles Threaded using a Single Template Site: Active Metal Template Macrobicyclic [3]Rotaxanes
Goldup, S. M.; Leigh, D. A.; McGonigal, P. R.; Ronaldson, V. E.; Slawin, A. M. Z. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 315–320.
Highlighted in Synfacts 2010, 301.
1. Active Metal Template Synthesis of [2]Catenanes
Goldup, S. M.; Leigh, D. A.; Long, T.; McGonigal, P. R.; Symes, M. D.; Wu, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15924–15929.