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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 12, Issue 37, Pages 12248-12265Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03388c
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- European Research Council [ERC-StG-2016 SUPRACOP-715923]
- Verband der chemischen Industrie
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The self-assembly of discrete molecular entities into functional nanomaterials has become a major research area in the past decades, with a particular focus on the supramolecular polymerization of metal-containing monomers. Significant advances have been made in this field, but challenges remain in producing metallosupramolecular polymers with advanced applications and functionalities.
The self-assembly of discrete molecular entities into functional nanomaterials has become a major research area in the past decades. The library of investigated compounds has diversified significantly, while the field as a whole has matured. The incorporation of metal ions in the molecular design of the (supra-)molecular building blocks greatly expands the potential applications, while also offering a promising approach to control molecular recognition and attractive and/or repulsive intermolecular binding events. Hence, supramolecular polymerization of metal-containing monomers has emerged as a major research focus in the field. In this perspective article, we highlight recent significant advances in supramolecular polymerization of metal-containing monomers and discuss their implications for future research. Additionally, we also outline some major challenges that metallosupramolecular chemists (will) have to face to produce metallosupramolecular polymers (MSPs) with advanced applications and functionalities.
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