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Recent Advances in Supramolecular Gels and Catalysis
Author(s) -
Fang Weiwei,
Zhang Yang,
Wu Jiajie,
Liu Cong,
Zhu Haibo,
Tu Tao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201800017
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , catalysis , supramolecular catalysis , nanotechnology , template , materials science , nanocomposite , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry
Over the past two decades, supramolecular gels have attracted significant attention from scientists in diverse research fields and have been extensively developed. This review mainly focuses on the significant achievements in supramolecular gels and catalysis. First, by incorporating diverse catalytic sites and active organic functional groups into gelator molecules, supramolecular gels have been considered as a novel matrix for catalysis. In addition, these rationally designed supramolecular gels also provide a variety of templates to access metal nanocomposites, which may function as catalysts and exhibit high activity in diverse catalytic transformations. Finally, as a new kind of biomaterial, supramolecular gels formed in situ by self‐assembly triggered by catalytic transformations are also covered herein.