Could the "Janus-like" properties of the halobenzene CX bond (X&[DOUBLE BOND];Cl, Br) be leveraged to enhance molecular recognition?

Krystel El Hage, Jean-Philip Piquemal, Zeina Hobaika, Richard G. Maroun, Nohad Gresh. Could the "Janus-like" properties of the halobenzene CX bond (X&[DOUBLE BOND];Cl, Br) be leveraged to enhance molecular recognition?. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 36(4):210-221, 2015. [doi]

@article{HagePHMG15,
  title = {Could the "Janus-like" properties of the halobenzene CX bond (X&[DOUBLE BOND];Cl, Br) be leveraged to enhance molecular recognition?},
  author = {Krystel El Hage and Jean-Philip Piquemal and Zeina Hobaika and Richard G. Maroun and Nohad Gresh},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1002/jcc.23786},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.23786},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/HagePHMG15},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Journal of Computational Chemistry},
  volume = {36},
  number = {4},
  pages = {210-221},
}