Compartmentalization of the aqueous space within a cell is necessary for life. In similar
fashion to the nanometer-scale compartments in living systems, synthetic water-soluble …

Metal–organic cages (MOCs) are discrete, supramolecular entities that consist of metal
nodes and organic linkers, which can offer solution processability and high porosity …

Two-dimensional metallacycles and three-dimensional metallacages constructed by
coordination-driven self-assembly have attracted much attention because they exhibit …

High symmetry metallosupramolecular architectures (MSAs) have been exploited for a
range of applications including molecular recognition, catalysis and drug delivery. Recently …

Natural enzymes catalyze reactions in their substrate-binding cavities, exhibiting high
specificity and efficiency. In an effort to mimic the structure and functionality of enzymes …

Porous organic cages (POCs) represent an emerging class of organic materials with intrinsic
porosity. They have found various applications in supramolecular chemistry, materials …

The flexibility of biomolecules enables them to adapt and transform as a result of signals
received from the external environment, expressing different functions in different contexts …

Conspectus As versatile, modular, and strongly coordinating moieties in organometallic
compounds, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have led to numerous breakthroughs in …

This overview represents a comprehensive summary of the recent developments in the
growing field of terpyridine-based, discrete metallosupramolecular architectures. The N …

Although the coordination chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) with transition
metals has been explored for half a century, only in the past ten years has the chemistry of …