Publications and communications of Damien Sluysmans

Franceschini, C., Carabin, T., Duwez, A.-S., Sluysmans, D., Traeger, H. (Other coll.), Schrettl, S. (Other coll.), & Weder, C. (Other coll.). (26 January 2024). Investigating the Mechanical Strength of Individual Perylene Diimide Interactions by Advanced Force Spectroscopy Experiments [Poster presentation]. EDT-CHIM Annual Meeting 2024, Liège, Belgium.

Li, X., Gisbert, Y., Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Rapenne, G., Kammerer, C., & Duwez, A.-S. (2023). Probing the work generated by the autonomous rotation around a single ruthenium atom in an organometallic complex. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/312127. doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-mgq5f-v3

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo Guillaume, & Duwez, A.-S. (15 August 2023). Investigating the mechanical stability of Diels-Alder mechanophores by AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy [Paper presentation]. ACS Fall 2023.

Franceschini, C., Sluysmans, D., Fustin, C.-A., & Duwez, A.-S. (22 May 2023). Investigating the Mechanics of Azobenzene Species by Advanced Custom-made Modes of Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. SRC Young Chemists' Day 2023, Mons, Belgium.

Calvaresi, M., Duwez, A.-S., Leigh, D. A., Sluysmans, D., Song, Y., Zerbetto, F., & Zhang, L. (January 2023). Mechanical tightening of a synthetic molecular knot. Chem, 9 (1), 65-75. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2022.12.014

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Dattler, D., Li, Q., Ellis, T., Schiel, P., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2023). Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy on Synthetic Molecular Rotors [Poster presentation]. Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors, United States.

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Schiel, P., Li, Q., Dattler, D., Ellis, T., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2023). Study of a Synthetic Molecular Rotor by AFM-based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. Journée Rencontre SRC jeunes chimistes, Mons, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Song, Y., Zhang, L., Calvaresi, M., Zerbetto, F., Leigh, D. A., & Duwez, A.-S. (2023). Probing the mechanochemical properties of a small synthetic knot by AFM [Poster presentation]. Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors, New London, United States.

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo Guillaume, & Duwez, A.-S. (18 October 2022). Investigating the mechanical stability of Diels-Alder mechanophores by AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. Journée/Rencontres jeunes chimistes SRC.

Sluysmans, D. (22 August 2022). Employing single-molecule techniques to depict the performance of small synthetic molecules [Paper presentation]. ACS Fall 2022, Chicago, United States - Illinois.

Sluysmans, D. (21 August 2022). Quantifying the mechanical strength of individual π-interactions by AFM [Paper presentation]. ACS Fall 2022, Chicago, United States - Illinois.

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo Guillaume, & Duwez, A.-S. (04 August 2022). Investigating the mechanical stability of Diels- Alder mechanophores by AFM-based singlemolecule force spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. Multiscale Mechanochemistry and Mechanobiology Gordon Research Conference.

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo, & Duwez, A.-S. (03 August 2022). Investigating the mechanical stability of Diels-Alder mechanophores by AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy [Paper presentation]. Multiscale Mechanochemistry and Mechanobiology Gordon Research Conference.

Sluysmans, D. (17 May 2022). Manipulation of biological and synthetic molecules by single-molecule techniques [Paper presentation]. Molecular Machines Group Meetings.

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo Guillaume, & Duwez, A.-S. (01 April 2022). Investigation into the Mechanical Stability of Mechanophores by AFM-based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. Journée/Rencontres jeunes chimistes SRC.

Asano, M., Sluysmans, D., Willet, N., Bonduelle, C., Lecommandoux, S., & Duwez, A.-S. (2022). Side chain interactions govern the response of polypeptide alpha-helices under mechanical stress and prevent the formation of beta-sheets. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/312126. doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-1tmlj

Li, X., David, A. H. G., Zhang, L., Song, B., Jiao, Y., Sluysmans, D., Qiu, Y., Wu, Y., Zhao, X., Feng, Y., Mosca, L., & Stoddart, J. F. (2022). Fluorescence Quenching by Redox Molecular Pumping. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/jacs.1c12480

Sluysmans, D. (24 January 2022). Single-Molecule Unfolding Experiments on Biological and Synthetic Helices [Paper presentation]. 5th International Caparica Symposium on Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials and Applications, Portugal.

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Schiel, P., Li, Q., Dattler, D., Ellis, T., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2022). Single-molecule force spectroscopy on synthetic molecular rotors [Paper presentation]. Journée du département de chimie 2022, Belgium.

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Schiel, P., Li, Q., Dattler, D., Ellis, T., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2022). Probing the rotation of individual synthetic molecular rotors by AFM [Paper presentation]. ACS Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, United States.

Sluysmans, D. (20 December 2021). Probing the mechanochemical properties of a synthetic molecular knot by AFM [Paper presentation]. Pacifichem.

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo Guillaume, & Duwez, A.-S. (18 December 2021). Investigation into the Mechanical Stability of Mechanophores by AFM-based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies [Pacifichem 2021].

Sluysmans, D., Song, Y., Zhang, L., Calvaresi, M., Zerbetto, F., Leigh, D. A., & Duwez, A.-S. (November 2021). Probing the Mechanochemical Properties of a Small Synthetic Knot by AFM [Poster presentation]. C'Nano conference, Toulouse, France.

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo, & Duwez, A.-S. (29 October 2021). Investigation into the Mechanical Stability of Mechanophores by AFM-based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. Nanowal seminar ULB.

Sluysmans, D. (September 2021). Single-Molecule Unfolding Experiments on Biological and Synthetic Helices [Paper presentation]. NanoScientific Forum Europe, Freiburg, Germany.

Sluysmans, D. (09 April 2021). Critical length of alpha-helices measured experimentally by single-molecule unfolding experiments [Paper presentation]. ACS Spring 2021. Macromolecular Chemistry: The second Century (online event).

Sluysmans, D. (05 April 2021). Probing the mechanochemical properties of a synthetic knot by AFM [Paper presentation]. ACS Spring 2021. Macromolecular Chemistry: The second Century (online event).

Sluysmans, D., Lussis, P., Fustin, C.-A., Bertocco, A., Leigh, D. A., & Duwez, A.-S. (08 January 2021). Real-Time Fluctuations in Single-Molecule Rotaxane Experiments Reveal an Intermediate Weak Binding State during Shuttling. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 2348-2352. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c12161

Devaux, F., Li, X., Sluysmans, D., Maurizot, V., Bakalis, E., Zerbetto, F., Huc, I., & Duwez, A.-S. (2021). Single-molecule mechanics of synthetic aromatic amide helices: Ultrafast and robust non-dissipative winding. Chem, 7, 1333–1346. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2021.02.030

Hanozin, E., Mignolet, B., Martens, J., Berden, G., Sluysmans, D., Duwez, A.-S., Stoddart, F., Eppe, G., Oomens, J., De Pauw, E., & Morsa, D. (2021). Radical-Pairing Interactions in a Molecular Switch Evidenced by Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Infrared Ion Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60, 10049–10055. doi:10.1002/anie.202014728

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Li, Q., Dattler, D., Ellis, T., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2021). Single-molecule force spectroscopy on synthetic molecular rotors [Paper presentation]. EDT-MAIN/Nanowal Conference, Belgium.

Wislez, A.* , Sluysmans, D.* , Giamblanco, N., Willet, N., Bano, F., Van de Weerdt, C., Detrembleur, C., & Duwez, A.-S. (2021). How to Increase Adhesion Strength of Catechol Polymers to Wet Inorganic Surfaces. Biomacromolecules, 22 (1), 183-189. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00968

Sluysmans, D., Zhang, L., Li, X., Garci, A., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (23 November 2020). Viologen Tweezers to Probe the Force of Individual Donor−Acceptor π‐Interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (50), 21153-21159. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c10339

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo Guillaume, & Duwez, A.-S. (06 March 2020). Investigation into the Mechanical Stability of Mechanophores by AFM-based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. Young chemist day SRC.

Sluysmans, D. (02 February 2020). Probing the mechanochemical properties of a synthetic overhand knot by AFM [Paper presentation]. XXII Workshop on Advances in Single-Molecule Research for Biology & Nanoscience, Linz, Austria.

Carabin, T., Sluysmans, D., De Bo Guillaume, & Duwez, A.-S. (01 February 2020). Investigation into the Mechanical Stability of Mechanophores by AFM-based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy [Poster presentation]. XXII. Annual Linz Winter Workshop 2020.

Sluysmans, D.* , Willet, N.* , Thévenot, J., Lecommandoux, S., & Duwez, A.-S. (31 January 2020). Single-molecule mechanical unfolding experiments reveal a critical length for the formation of alpha-helices in peptides. Nanoscale Horizons, 5, 671-678. doi:10.1039/d0nh00036a

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Li, Q., Dattler, D., Ellis, T., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2020). Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy on Synthetic Molecular Rotors [Poster presentation]. XXII. Annual Linz Winter Workshop 2020, Linz, Austria.

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Li, Q., Dattler, D., Ellis, T., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2020). Single-molecule force spectroscopy on synthetic molecular rotors [Poster presentation]. Journée Rencontre SRC jeunes chimistes, Namur, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D. (20 September 2019). Probing individual molecular machines using single-molecule techniques [Paper presentation]. Contemporary Materials Science: How Can Molecular Machines Help?, Evanston, United States.

Sluysmans, D. (08 June 2019). Probing the mechanochemical properties and force performance of individual MIMs by AFM [Paper presentation]. Gordon Research Seminar on Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors, Holderness, NH, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Zhang, L., Song, Y., Leigh, D. A., & Duwez, A.-S. (June 2019). Probing the Mechanochemical Properties of a Single Molecular Knot by AFM [Poster presentation]. Gordon Research Conference on Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors, Holderness, NH, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Zhang, L., Song, Y., Leigh, D. A., & Duwez, A.-S. (May 2019). Probing the Mechanochemical Properties of a Single Molecular Knot by AFM [Poster presentation]. International Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference 2019, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.

Devaux, F., Li, X., Sluysmans, D., Gisbert, Y., Kammerer, C., Rapenne, G., & Duwez, A.-S. (26 March 2019). Probing the Motion of a Single Molecular Rotor by AFM [Poster presentation]. Building and Probing Small symposium, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Bruns, C., Zhang, L., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (26 March 2019). Investigation into the Mechanochemical Properties of Single Artificial Molecular Switches by AFM [Poster presentation]. Building and Probing Small symposium, Brussels, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Zhang, L., Leigh, D. A., & Duwez, A.-S. (26 March 2019). Probing the Mechanochemical Properties of a Single Molecular Knot by AFM [Poster presentation]. Building and Probing Small symposium, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., & Stoddart, J. F. (March 2019). The burgeoning of mechanically interlocked molecules in chemistry. Trends in Chemistry, 1, 15-27. doi:10.1016/j.trechm.2019.02.013

Ledent, M., Sluysmans, D., Li, Q., Dattler, D., Ellis, T., Giuseppone, N., & Duwez, A.-S. (2019). Measurement of the force generated by a synthetic molecular rotor by AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy [Paper presentation]. Monthly PhD student seminar, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., & Stoddart, J. F. (18 September 2018). Growing Community of Artificial Molecular Machinists. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (38), 9359-9361. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813973115

Sluysmans, D., Duwez, A.-S., & Stoddart, J. F. (August 2018). Investigation into the Mechanochemical Properties of Single Artificial Molecular Switches by AFM [Paper presentation]. 256th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (July 2018). Investigations into the Mechanochemical Properties of Single Artificial Molecular Switches by AFM [Poster presentation]. 13th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry 2018 (ISMSC 2018), Québec, Canada.

Sluysmans, D., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (09 May 2018). Investigations into the Mechanochemical Properties of Single Artificial Molecular Switches [Paper presentation]. International Scanning Probe Microscopy conference, Phoenix, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Devaux, F., Bruns, C. J., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (2018). Dynamic force spectroscopy of synthetic oligorotaxane foldamers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (38), 9362-9366. doi:10.1073/pnas.1712790115

Sluysmans, D., Hubert, S., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (2018). Synthetic oligorotaxanes exert high forces when folding under mechanical load. Nature Nanotechnology, 13, 209-213. doi:10.1038/s41565-017-0033-7

Hanozin, E., Mignolet, B., Morsa, D., Sluysmans, D., Duwez, A.-S., Stoddart, J. F., Remacle, F., & De Pauw, E. (October 2017). Where Ion Mobility and Molecular Dynamics Meet to Unravel the (Un)Folding Mechanisms of an Oligorotaxane Molecular Switch. ACS Nano, 11 (10), 10253-10263. doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b04833

Sluysmans, D. (2017). Investigation into the Mechanochemical Properties of Single Oligorotaxane Foldamers by AFM [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/214234

Hanozin, E., Mignolet, B., Morsa, D., Sluysmans, D., Duwez, A.-S., Stoddart, J. F., Remacle, F., & De Pauw, E. (June 2017). Coulombic driven multi-conformational aspects of oligorotaxane switches studied by ion mobility mass spectrometry and molecular dynamics [Paper presentation]. 65th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Indianapolis, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Hubert, S., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (June 2017). Real-time capture of the folding-unfolding transitions in a single oligorotaxane foldamer [Poster presentation]. Gordon Research Conference on Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors, Holderness, NH, United States.

Sluysmans, D., & Duwez, A.-S. (May 2017). Real-time capture of the folding-unfolding transitions in a single oligorotaxane foldamer by AFM [Paper presentation]. Belgian Polymer Group annual meeting 2017, Houffalize, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D. (2017). Mechanical unfolding of single oligorotaxanes using atomic force microscopy. Chimie Nouvelle, 35 (126), 8-13.

Sluysmans, D., Hubert, S., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (October 2016). Real-time capture of the folding-unfolding transitions in a single oligorotaxane foldamer [Poster presentation]. Journée Scientifique de la Société Royale de Chimie, Liege, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Hubert, S., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (July 2016). Real-time capture of the folding-unfolding transitions in a single oligorotaxane foldamer [Paper presentation]. Journée du département de chimie, Liege, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Hubert, S., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (July 2016). Real-time capture of the folding-unfolding transitions in a single oligorotaxane foldamer [Poster presentation]. Telluride Science Research Conference on Molecular Rotors, Motors, and Switches, Telluride, CO, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (May 2016). Real-time capture of the folding-unfolding transitions in a single oligorotaxane foldamer [Paper presentation]. NanoWal, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (April 2016). Single molecule force spectroscopy on oligorotaxane foldamers [Paper presentation]. Journée-Rencontre des Jeunes Chimistes de la Société Royale de Chimie, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Burmistrova, A., Fresch, B., Sluysmans, D., De Pauw, E., Remacle, F., & Duwez, A.-S. (2016). Force measurements reveal how small binders perturb the dissociation mechanisms of DNA duplex sequences. Nanoscale, 8, 11718–11726. doi:10.1039/c6nr02201d

Hanozin, E., Mignolet, B., Morsa, D., Sluysmans, D., Duwez, A.-S., Stoddart, J. F., & De Pauw, E. (2016). Do pi-stacking interactions preserve the solution-state structure un the gas phase? Study of oligorotaxanes by ion mobility mass spectrometry [Paper presentation]. 9th Conference on isolated Biomolecules and Biomolecular Interactions.

Sluysmans, D., Hubert, S., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (June 2015). Single molecule force spectroscopy on oligorotaxane foldamers [Poster presentation]. Gordon Research Conference on Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors, Boston, MA, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Hubert, S., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (April 2015). Single molecule force spectroscopy on oligorotaxane foldamers [Poster presentation]. Journée-Rencontre des Jeunes Chimistes de la Société Royale de Chimie, Namur, Belgium.

Bano, F., Sluysmans, D., Wislez, A., & Duwez, A.-S. (2015). Unraveling the complexity of the interactions of DNA nucleotides with gold by single molecule force spectroscopy. Nanoscale, 7, 19528–19533. doi:10.1039/C5NR05695K

Sluysmans, D., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (January 2015). Single molecule force spectroscopy on oligorotaxane foldamers [Paper presentation]. XVII Linz Workshop on Advances in Single-Molecule Research for Biology & Nanoscience, Linz, Austria.

Sluysmans, D., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (December 2014). Single molecule force spectroscopy on oligorotaxane foldamers [Paper presentation]. AFMBioMed 2014, San Diego, CA, United States.

Sluysmans, D., & Duwez, A.-S. (December 2014). Single molecule force spectroscopy on oligorotaxane foldamers [Paper presentation]. Annual meeting of the Stoddart Group, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.

Sluysmans, D., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (October 2014). Single molecule force spectroscopy on oligorotaxane foldamers [Poster presentation]. Journée annuelle de la Société Royale de Chimie "NanoChimie : réalisations et perspectives", Namur, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., & Duwez, A.-S. (July 2014). Single molecule force spectroscopy of oligorotaxane foldamers [Paper presentation]. Journée du département de chimie, Liege, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Bruns, C., Zhu, Z., Stoddart, J. F., & Duwez, A.-S. (May 2014). Single molecule force spectroscopy of oligorotaxane foldamers [Poster presentation]. NanoWal, Liege, Belgium.

Sluysmans, D., Willet, N., Detrembleur, C., & Duwez, A.-S. (February 2014). Bio-inspired branched macromolecule on a surface: adhesive interactions acting in parallel [Poster presentation]. XVI Linz Winter Workshop on Advances in Single-Molecule Research for Biology & Nanoscience, Linz, Austria.

Sluysmans, D. (2013). Synthèse de polymères adhésifs branchés et étude par AFM des interactions multivalentes avec une surface de verre [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/162648

Willet, N., Sluysmans, D., Delvaux, C., Wislez, A., Debuigne, A., Detrembleur, C., Barner-Kowollik, C., Junkers, T., & Duwez, A.-S. (10 September 2012). SINGLE-MOLECULE AFM STUDY OF ADHESIVE POLYMERS PREPARED BY COBALT-MEDIATED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND NITRONE-MEDIATED RADICAL COUPLING [Paper presentation]. Journée du Département de Chimie.

Willet, N., Sluysmans, D., Delvaux, C., Debuigne, A., Detrembleur, C., Barner-Kowollik, C., Junkers, T., & Duwez, A.-S. (10 May 2012). AFM study of multivalent adhesive properties of polymers prepared by cobalt-mediated radical polymerization and nitrone-mediated radical coupling [Poster presentation]. Belgian Polymer Group (BPG) annual meeting 2012, Blankenberge, Belgium.