TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-assembled metal-organic polyhedra
T2 - An overview of various applications
AU - Vardhan, Harsh
AU - Yusubov, Mekhman
AU - Verpoort, Francis Walter Cornelius
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Self-assembly is a potent synthetic tool that allowed chemists to design numerous complex structures, supramolecules of various shapes from relatively simple starting materials. Metal-organic polyhedra are a rising and promising member of the self-assembled supramolecule family possessing fascinating structures and functionalities directly deriving from the precursor units. During the last two decades, research in this field has been briskly progressed and it is now objective to exemplify various applications such as biomedical, catalysis, molecular sensing, gas adsorption and separation, and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks from polyhedra. This review will be focus on each and every application with various unprecedented examples and highlight few challenges still need to be address.
AB - Self-assembly is a potent synthetic tool that allowed chemists to design numerous complex structures, supramolecules of various shapes from relatively simple starting materials. Metal-organic polyhedra are a rising and promising member of the self-assembled supramolecule family possessing fascinating structures and functionalities directly deriving from the precursor units. During the last two decades, research in this field has been briskly progressed and it is now objective to exemplify various applications such as biomedical, catalysis, molecular sensing, gas adsorption and separation, and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks from polyhedra. This review will be focus on each and every application with various unprecedented examples and highlight few challenges still need to be address.
KW - Host-guest complex
KW - Metal-organic framework
KW - Metal-organic polyhedra
KW - Non-covalent interactions
KW - Self-assembly
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.05.016
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84939180841
VL - 306
SP - 171
EP - 194
JO - Coordination Chemistry Reviews
JF - Coordination Chemistry Reviews
SN - 0010-8545
IS - P1
ER -