Issue 46, 2016

Cooperative self-assembly of discrete metal complexes

Abstract

Self-assembled structures of discrete metal complexes have attracted considerable attention for many decades due to their exceptional optical, photophysical, electronic and magnetic properties and their great potential in various research fields such as biomedicine and optoelectronics. Although the field of metallosupramolecular soft materials has experienced a particularly relevant development in the past decade, detailed investigations of the self-assembly pathways and intermolecular forces occurring in these systems have remained until very recently elusive. In this highlight, we have collected recent examples of self-associating discrete metal complexes that have been primarily focused on understanding the hierarchy levels and thermodynamic/kinetic aspects involved in their self-assembly in solution. These studies will represent a sound basis for the rational design of novel functional metallosupramolecular materials in the near future.

Graphical abstract: Cooperative self-assembly of discrete metal complexes

Article information

Article type
Highlight
Submitted
10 Sep 2016
Accepted
11 Oct 2016
First published
19 Oct 2016

CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 8813-8822

Cooperative self-assembly of discrete metal complexes

L. Herkert, A. Sampedro and G. Fernández, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 8813 DOI: 10.1039/C6CE01968D

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