Light-emitting self-assembled metallacages

作     者：Jun Zhao Zhixuan Zhou Guangfeng Li Peter J.Stang Xuzhou Yan Jun Zhao;Zhixuan Zhou;Guangfeng Li;Peter J.Stang;Xuzhou Yan

作者机构：School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringFrontiers Science Center for Transformative MoleculesShanghai Jiao Tong University Department of ChemistryUniversity of Utah 

出 版 物：《National Science Review》 (国家科学评论(英文版))

年 卷 期：2021年第8卷第6期

页      面：94-111页

核心收录：

学科分类：081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 070304[理学-物理化学(含∶化学物理)] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21901161 and 22071152) the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (20ZR1429200) 

主　　题：supramolecular coordination complexes coordination-driven self-assembly aggregation-induced emission metallacages organometallic materials 

摘      要：Coordination-driven self-assembly of metallacages has garnered significant interest because of their 3 D layout and cavity-cored nature. The well-defined, highly tunable metallacage structures render them particularly attractive for investigating the properties of luminophores, as well as for inducing novel photophysical characters that enable widespread applications. In this review, we summarize the recent advances in synthetic methodologies for light-emitting metallacages, and highlight some representative applications of these metallacages. In particular, we focus on the favorable photophysical properties—including high luminescence efficiency in various physical states, good modularity in photophysical properties and stimulus responsiveness—that have resulted from incorporating ligands displaying aggregation-induced emission(AIE) into metallacages. These features show that the synergy between carrying out coordination-driven self-assembly and using luminophores with novel photophysical characteristics like AIE could stimulate the development of supramolecular luminophores for applications in fields as diverse as sensing, biomedicine and catalysis.