title: Metal ion assembly in macromolecules.
abstract: Self-assembled organic-inorganic hybrid nano-materials have recently received much attention due to their novel and original functions, including new electronic, optical, magnetic, and catalytic properties. Especially, reactions in organic-metallic hybrid materials are closely related to biological reactions, such as the reactions in metal-containing protein, and the controlled metal ions assembly into organic polymers becomes very important. In the first part of this review, recent progresses in two types of organic-inorganic hybrid nano-materials (Organic compounds [character: see text] inorganic mesoporous materials and Metal ions [character: see text] organic polymer) are summarized. In the latter parts, dendrimer-metal complexes, examples of nature-mimetic materials, are introduced, and their controlled metal assembly in dendrimer and their application are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Akari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Dirk G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kurth
mesh_terms: D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry; D004563:Electrochemistry; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008670:Metals; D011108:Polymers