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Modular Synthesis of Functional Nanoscale Coordination Polymers
Author(s) -
Lin Wenbin,
Rieter William J.,
Taylor Kathryn M. L.
Publication year - 2009
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.200803387
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , nanomaterials , nanoscopic scale , materials science , polymer , metal organic framework , supramolecular chemistry , modular design , spin crossover , drug delivery , amorphous solid , coordination complex , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , computer science , metal , molecule , organic chemistry , adsorption , metallurgy , composite material , crystallography , operating system
The coordination‐directed assembly of metal ions and organic bridging ligands has afforded a variety of bulk‐scale hybrid materials with promising characteristics for a number of practical applications, such as gas storage and heterogeneous catalysis. Recently, so‐called coordination polymers have emerged as a new class of hybrid nanomaterials. Herein, we highlight advances in the syntheses of both amorphous and crystalline nanoscale coordination polymers. We also illustrate how scaling down these materials to the nano‐regime has enabled their use in a broad range of applications including catalysis, spin‐crossover, templating, biosensing, biomedical imaging, and anticancer drug delivery. These results underscore the exciting opportunities of developing next‐generation functional nanomaterials based on molecular components.