Post-synthetic modifications of metal–organic cages

J Liu, Z Wang, P Cheng, MJ Zaworotko… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Metal–organic cages (MOCs) are discrete, supramolecular entities that consist of metal
nodes and organic linkers, which can offer solution processability and high porosity …

Heterometallic cages: synthesis and applications

LK Moree, LAV Faulkner, JD Crowley - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
High symmetry metallosupramolecular architectures (MSAs) have been exploited for a
range of applications including molecular recognition, catalysis and drug delivery. Recently …

A Highly Luminescent Chiral Tetrahedral Eu4L4(L′)4 Cage: Chirality Induction, Chirality Memory, and Circularly Polarized Luminescence

Y Zhou, H Li, T Zhu, T Gao, P Yan - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Chiral lanthanide cages with circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) properties have found
potential application in enantioselective guest recognition and sensing. However, it still …

Emergent behavior in nanoconfined molecular containers

W Liu, JF Stoddart - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
The expression of biological functions, such as enzyme catalysis, immune response, and
cargo transport in confined nanospaces, with very different physical and chemical …

Controlled self-assembly, isomerism, and guest uptake/release of charge-reversible lanthanide–organic octahedral cages

LP Zhou, XS Feng, SJ Hu, QF Sun - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Charge plays a crucial role in the function of molecular and supramolecular systems, but
coordination hosts capable of orthogonal charge regulation remain elusive so far. In this …

Tailor‐Made PdnL2n Metal‐Organic Cages through Covalent Post‐Synthetic Modification

D Luo, ZJ Yuan, LJ **, XW Zhu, J Zheng… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐synthetic modification (PSM) is an effective approach for the tailored functionalization
of metal‐organic architectures, but its generalizability remains challenging. Herein we report …

Beyond platonic: how to build metal–organic polyhedra capable of binding low-symmetry, information-rich molecular cargoes

CT McTernan, JA Davies, JR Nitschke - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The field of metallosupramolecular chemistry has advanced rapidly in recent years. Much
work in this area has focused on the formation of hollow self-assembled metal-organic …

Redox Triggers Guest Release and Uptake Across a Series of Azopyridine‐Based Metal–Organic Capsules

J Zheng, Y Yang, TK Ronson, DM Wood… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Precise control over guest release and recapture using external stimuli is a valuable goal,
potentially enabling new modes of chemical purification. Including redox moieties within the …

Metal-organic cages (MOCs): from discrete to cage-based extended architectures

ESM El-Sayed, D Yuan - Chemistry Letters, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Metal-organic cages (MOCs) represent a tantalizing class of metal-organic materials
(MOMs) in terms of host-guest binding ability related to their well-defined cavities and …

The chemistry of phosphines in constrained, well-defined microenvironments

GRF Orton, BS Pilgrim, NR Champness - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Developments in the confinement of phosphines within micro-or nano-environments are
explored. Phosphines are ubiquitous across metal coordination chemistry and underpin …