Arthur David

Faculté des Sciences
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Thèmes de recherche

Mechanically Interlocked Molecules: Rotaxanes, and Catenanes
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Nanographenes
Chirality and Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Organic Optoelectronic Materials

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2025 – to date | CNRS researcher (Chargé de recherche), CNRS, University of Angers, France

2024 – 2025 | CNRS researcher (Chargé de recherche), CNRS, University of Rennes, France.
2023 – 2024 | Postdoctoral researcher, University of Angers, France. Under the supervision of: Dr Philippe Blanchard.
2022 – 2023 | Postdoctoral researcher, University of Angers, France. Under the supervision of: Dr Antoine Goujon.
2021 – 2022 | Postdoctoral fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA. Under the supervision of: Prof J. Fraser Stoddart.
2020 – 2021 | Postdoctoral fellow, University of Granada, Spain. Under the supervision of: Prof Victor Blanco and Prof Araceli G. Campaña.
2020 | PhD in chemistry, University of Granada, Spain. Thesis title: Synthesis of rotaxanes based on vinylsulfonyl "click" chemistry and study of their chiroptical properties. Study of host-guest chemistry of curved PAHs. Under the supervision of: Prof Victor Blanco and Prof Araceli G. Campaña. Award date: October 2, 2020.
2016 | Master's Degree in molecular chemistry, University of Rennes 1, France.
2014 | Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry, University of Rennes 1, France.

French: Native language
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent

Publications

2026

30) Orientation of nitration in bay-region of benzothioxanthene imide: A streamlined pathway to N- and S-annulated derivatives

A. Kassem, D. Puchán Sánchez, K. Saczuk, A. H. G. David, M. Allain, M. Deiana, J. Boixel, G. C. Welch, C. Monnereau, P. Josse, C. Cabanetos, Dyes Pigm. 2026, 244, 113161.

2025

29) Acid/Base-Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescence Emitters with Configurationally Stable Nitrogen Stereogenic Centers,

P. García-Cerezo, M. D. Codesal, A. H. G. David, L. Le Bras, S. Abid, X. Li, D. Miguel, M. Kazem-Rostami, B. Champagne, A. G. Campaña, J. F. Stoddart, V. Blanco, Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2417326.

28) A Compact Catenane with Tuneable Mechanical Chirality,

C. Tang, R. Zhang, S. Almunif, P. J. Das, P. J. Brown, R. M. Young, G. Wu, H. Han, X. Zhao, A. H. G. David, H. Wu, B. Song, A. Abhervé, Y. Wu, Y.-M. Ye, Y. Feng, A. X.-Y. Chen, C. L. Stern, Z. Li, E. A. Scott, M. R. Wasielewski, J. F. Stoddart, Nat. Synth. 2025, 4, 956–964.

Article highlighted in Phys.org, Science Daily, ScienMag, Bioengineer.org, Mirage News.

27) Synthesis of Electron-Deficient BisAzaCoroneneDiimide-Conjugated Polymers by Light-Locking Dynamic Covalent Bonds,

A. Gapin, E. Chatir, O. Alévêque, C. Pasgrimaud, A. H. G. David, A. De Maria, M. Legros, L. Le Bras, E. Levillain, A. Goujon, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12218–12227.

26) Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Rotaxanes and Catenanes,

A. H. G. David,* J. M. Cuerva, V. Blanco,* ChemistryEurope 2025, 3, e202400107.

25) Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor Systems Based on Indacenodithiophene-Extended Tetrathiafulvalene,

C. Schøttler, C. Noël, L. Le Bras, H. Melville, O. Alévêque, A. H. G. David, O. Segut, M. Rémond, E. Levillain, P. Blanchard, M. B. Nielsen, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 28, e202401413.

24) Intermolecular Anionic Mixed-Valence and π-Dimer Complexes of Ortho-Pentannulated BisAzaCoroneneDiimides,

A. H. G. David, M. Roger, O. Alévêque, H. Melnychenko, L. Le Bras, M. Allain, A. Gapin, D. Canevet, O. Ségut, E. Levillain, A. Goujon, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202413616.

2024

23) Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Urea-Bridged Dimers of Axially Chiral BODIPY–Carbohydrate Hybrids,

A. M. Gómez, A. H. G. David, A. G. Campaña, J. M. Cuerva, L. Diaz-Casado, C. Uriel, A. Oliden-Sánchez, J. Bañuelos, I. García-Moreno, L. Infantes, J. Ticona-Chambi, C. M. Cruz, J. C. López, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 18522–18528.

22) Curved Nanographenes as Stoppers in a [2]Rotaxane with Two-Photon Excited Emission,

M. D. Codesal, A. H. G. David, C. I. M. Santos, M. J. Álvaro-Martins, E. Maçôas, A. G. Campaña, V. Blanco, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 9344–9351.

21) Dynamic Covalent Synthesis Applied to Optoelectronic and Energy Materials: Design, Applications and Limitations,

E. Chatir, A. H. G. David, A. Gapin, A. Goujon, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 27, e202400211.

20) Mirror-Image Cyclodextrins,

Y. Wu, S. Aslani, H. Han, C. Tang, G. Wu, X. Li, H. Wu, C. L. Stern, Q.-H. Guo, Y. Qiu, A. X.-Y. Chen, Y. Jiao, R. Zhang, A. H. G. David, D. W. Armstrong, J. F. Stoddart, Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 698–706.

The α-ʟ-cyclodextrin is the C&EN Molecules of the year 2024.

Article highlighted in ChemistryViews, Chemical & Engineering News, Nature Synthesis, EurekAlert!, Mirage News, Phys.org, Azo Life Sciences, Science Daily, EurekAlert!, Mirage News, Phys.org, and Newsbeezer.

19) Supramolecular Large Nanosheets Assembled at Air/Water Interfaces and in Solution from Amphiphilic Heptagon-Containing Nanographenes,

A. H. G. David, M. C. Mañas-Torres, M. D. Codesal, I. López-Sicilia, M. T. Martín-Romero, L. Camacho, J. M. Cuerva, V. Blanco, J. J. Giner-Casares, L. Álvarez de Cienfuegos, A. G. Campaña, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 163–173.

2023

18) Ortho O-Annulated AzaBenzannulated PeryleneDiimide and BisAzaCoroneneDiimide,

A. H. G. David, D. Shymon, H. Melville, L.-A. Accou, A. Gapin, M. Allain, O. Alévêque, M. Force, A. Grosjean, P. Hudhomme, L. Le Bras, A. Goujon, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 14631–14640.

17) Exciplex Emission and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Based Bischromophoric Cyclophanes and Homo[2]catenanes,

A. Garci, S. Abid, A. H. G. David, L. O. Jones, C. S. Azad, M. Ovalle, P. J. Brown, C. L. Stern, X. Zhao, L. Malaisrie, G. C. Schatz, R. M. Young, M. R. Wasielewski, J. F. Stoddart, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 18391–18401.

16) Divinylanthracene-Containing Tetracationic Organic Cyclophane with Near-Infrared Photoluminescence,

A. H. G. David, A. Garci, S. Abid, X. Li, R. M. Young, J. S. W. Seale, J. E. Hornick, C. S. Azad, Y. Jiao, I. Roy, I. Akpinar, T. Kesharwani, C. L. Stern, M. R. Wasielewski, J. F. Stoddart, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9182–9190.

15) Synthesis of 1,6/7-(NO₂)₂-Perylenediimide and 1,6/7-(NH₂)₂-Perylenediimide as Regioisomerically Pure Materials,

A. Gapin, A. H. G. David, M. Allain, D. Masson, O. Alévêque, T. Ave, L. Le Bras, P. Hudhomme, A. Goujon, Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300652.

14) Supramolecular Chemistry of Two New Bis(1,2,3-triazolyl)pyridine Macrocycles: Metal Complexation, Self-Assembly and Anion Binding,

A. H. G. David, R. J. Goodwin, N. G. White, Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 1902–1912.

13) Atomically Precise Distorted Nanographenes: The Effect of Different Edge Functionalization on the Photophysical Properties down to the Femtosecond Scale,

M. Reale, A. Sciortino, M. Cannas, E. Maçoas, A. H. G. David, C. M. Cruz, A. G. Campaña, F. Messina, Materials 2023, 16, 835.

2022

12) Thermally Controlled Exciplex Fluorescence in a Dynamic Homo[2]catenane,

A. Garci, A. H. G. David, L. Le Bras, M. Ovalle, S. Abid, R. M. Young, W. Liu, C. S. Azad, P. J. Brown, M. R Wasielewski, J. F. Stoddart, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23551–23559.

11) Ruthenium Nanoparticles Canopied by Heptagon-Containing Saddle-Shaped Nanographenes as Efficient Aromatic Hydrogenation Catalysts,

C. Cerezo-Navarrete, A. H. G. David, A. García-Zaragoza, M. D. Codesal, P. Oña-Burgos, I. del Rosal, R. Poteau, A. G. Campaña, L. M. Martínez-Prieto, Chem. Sci. 2022, 13 , 13046−13059.

10) Aggregation Induced Emission and Circularly Polarized Luminescence Duality in Tetracationic Binaphthyl-Based Cyclophanes,

A. Garci, S. Abid, A. H. G. David, M. D. Codesal, L. Đorđević, R. M. Young, H. Sai, L. Le Bras, A. Perrier, M. Ovalle, P. J. Brown, C. L. Stern, A. G. Campaña, S. I. Stupp, M. R. Wasielewski, V. Blanco, J. F. Stoddart, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208679.

Article highlighted as HOT PAPER.

9) Fluorescent cyclophanes and their applications,

I. Roy, A. H. G. David, P. J. Das, D. J. Pe, J. F. Stoddart, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 5557−5605.

8) Helically Chiral Hybrid Cyclodextrin Metal–Organic Framework Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence,

M. Kazem-Rostami, A. Orte, A. M. Ortuño, A. H. G. David, I. Roy, D. Miguel, A. Garci, C. M. Cruz, C. L. Stern, J. M. Cuerva, J. F. Stoddart, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9380−9389.

7) Vinyl sulfonyl chemistry-driven unidirectional transport of a macrocycle through a [2]rotaxane,

A. H. G. David, P. García‐Cerezo, A. G. Campaña, F. Santoyo‐González, V. Blanco, Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 633−642.

6) Fluorescence Quenching by Molecular Pumping,

X. Li, A. H. G. David, L. Zhang, B. Song, Y. Jiao, D. Sluysmans, Y. Qiu, Y. Wu, X. Zhao, Y. Feng, L. Mosca, J. F. Stoddart, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 3572−3579.

Article highlighted in ChemistryViews for the 80^th birthday of Sir Fraser Stoddart and the obituary of Sir Fraser Stoddart.

2021

5) Chiroptical Properties of Mechanically Interlocked Molecules,

A. H. G. David, J. F. Stoddart, Isr. J. Chem. 2021, 61, 608−621.

4) Heptagon-Containing Saddle-Shaped Nanographenes: Self-Association and Complexation Studies with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Fullerenes,

A. H. G. David, S. Míguez-Lago, C. M. Cruz, J. M. Cuerva, V. Blanco, A. G. Campaña, Org. Mater. 2021, 3, 51−59.

2020

3) A Macrocycle Based on a Heptagon‐Containing Hexa‐peri‐hexabenzocoronene,

V. G. Jiménez, A. H. G. David, J. M. Cuerva, V. Blanco, A. G. Campaña, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15124−15128.

Article highlighted as HOT PAPER.

2019

2) A [2]Rotaxane-Based Circularly Polarized Luminescence Switch,

A. H. G. David, R. Casares, J. M. Cuerva, A. G. Campaña, V. Blanco, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18064−18074.

1) [2]Rotaxane End‐Capping Synthesis by Click Michael‐Type Addition to the Vinyl Sulfonyl Group,

A. H. G. David, P. García‐Cerezo, A. G. Campaña, F. Santoyo‐González, V. Blanco, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6170−6179.

Article highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and Angew. Chem.