Issue 77, 2016

Host–guest chemistry in two-dimensional supramolecular networks

Abstract

Nanoporous supramolecular networks physisorbed on solid surfaces have been extensively used to immobilize a variety of guest molecules. Host–guest chemistry in such two-dimensional (2D) porous networks is a rapidly expanding field due to potential applications in separation technology, catalysis and nanoscale patterning. Diverse structural topologies with high crystallinity have been obtained to capture molecular guests of different sizes and shapes. A range of non-covalent forces such as hydrogen bonds, van der Waals interactions, coordinate bonds have been employed to assemble the host networks. Recent years have witnessed a surge in the activity in this field with the implementation of rational design strategies for realizing controlled and selective guest capture. In this feature article, we review the development in the field of surface-supported host–guest chemistry as studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Typical host–guest architectures studied on solid surfaces, both under ambient conditions at the solution–solid interface as well as those formed at the ultrahigh vacuum (UHV)–solid interface, are described. We focus on isoreticular host networks, hosts functionalized pores and dynamic host–guest systems that respond to external stimuli.

Graphical abstract: Host–guest chemistry in two-dimensional supramolecular networks

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
23 Jun 2016
Accepted
18 Aug 2016
First published
30 Aug 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 11465-11487

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Host–guest chemistry in two-dimensional supramolecular networks

J. Teyssandier, S. D. Feyter and K. S. Mali, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 11465 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05256H

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