Recent Advances in Supramolecular Gels and Catalysis

Over the past two decades, supramolecular gels have attracted significant attention from scientists in diverse research fields and have been extensively developed. This review mainly focuses on the significant achievements in supramolecular gels and catalysis. First, by incorporating diverse catalyt...

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Published in:Chemistry, an Asian journal an Asian journal, 2018-04, Vol.13 (7), p.712-729
Main Authors: Fang, Weiwei, Zhang, Yang, Wu, Jiajie, Liu, Cong, Zhu, Haibo, Tu, Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catalysis
Chemistry
Functional groups
Gels
heterogeneous catalysis
Nanocomposites
self-assembly
soft materials
supramolecular chemistry
Supramolecular compounds
Transformations (mathematics)
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Summary:Over the past two decades, supramolecular gels have attracted significant attention from scientists in diverse research fields and have been extensively developed. This review mainly focuses on the significant achievements in supramolecular gels and catalysis. First, by incorporating diverse catalytic sites and active organic functional groups into gelator molecules, supramolecular gels have been considered as a novel matrix for catalysis. In addition, these rationally designed supramolecular gels also provide a variety of templates to access metal nanocomposites, which may function as catalysts and exhibit high activity in diverse catalytic transformations. Finally, as a new kind of biomaterial, supramolecular gels formed in situ by self‐assembly triggered by catalytic transformations are also covered herein. Going soft: The correlation and advances in supramolecular gels and catalysis are reviewed. In addition to supramolecular catalysts and templates to access metal nanocomposites, the formation and potential applications of catalysis‐triggered gels are also covered (see figure).
ISSN:1861-4728
1861-471X
DOI:10.1002/asia.201800017