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Frontispiece: Potential Applications of Cucurbit[ n ]urils and Their Derivatives in the Capture of Hazardous Chemicals
Author(s) -
Zhang XiuDu,
Chen Kai,
Sun WeiYin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202181664
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , molecule , solid state , metal , materials science , chemistry , nanotechnology , crystallography , organic chemistry , metallurgy , engineering , waste management
Cucurtbit[n]urils can not only encapsulate guest molecules or coordinate with metal cations, but also interact with electronegative species, owing to the hydrophobic cavity, carbonyl portals and electropositive outer surfaces. Therefore, solid‐state materials based on cucurtbit[n]urils and their derivatives have the capability to extract specific hazardous molecules, inorganic cations and anions from gas or solution mixtures. For more details see the Minireview by W.‐Y. Sun et al. on page 5107.