Metallosupramolecular Functional Helicates
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 7706
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction and investigation of metallo-supramolecular helicates continues to be a fast-growing and fascinating field of current research, with significant attention being paid to inorganic, organic, and biological areas. Metallo-supramolecular helical assemblies can be readily prepared by judicious choice between selected metal ions and suitably designed multidentate ligand components. Different synthetic strategies permit rational control of synergies over both the helix’s structure and its function. Furthermore, metallo-supramolecular helicates have continued to provide interesting avenues of study due to their potential applications in host–guest, photoactive, magnetic, redox-active, conductive, catalytic, ion-transport, non-linear optic and bioactive areas. In particular, the synthesis of functional metallo-supramolecular helicates has been motivated by their use as models for metalloproteins. The bulk research of homometallic metallo-supramolecular helicate motifs has been well documented. However, the search for increasingly complex and multifunctional materials has drawn researchers towards heterometallic and multifunctional helicates.
This Special Issue primarily focuses on the design and synthesis of functional metallo-supramolecular helicates, with emphasis on the unique properties arising from their helicity.
Dr. Feng Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metallo-supramolecular
- helicates
- coordination chemistry
- self-assembly
- host–guest chemistry
- molecular recognition
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