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Metal–Organic Scaffolds: Heavy‐Metal Approaches to Synthetic Ion Channels and Pores
Author(s) -
Sakai Naomi,
Matile Stefan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200803300
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , surface modification , materials science , metal , chemical space , metal organic framework , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , adsorption , biochemistry , drug discovery
Space—the final frontier: Recent progress with metal–organic scaffolds (see picture for an example) to create synthetic ion channels and pores is summarized in this Highlight. The great advantage of this approach is access to a stable and large confined space from small structural units. Current breakthroughs promise future progress toward the synthesis of tubular structures and their multiple functionalization.