title: Modular synthesis of functional nanoscale coordination polymers.
abstract: The coordination-directed assembly of metal ions and organic bridging ligands has afforded a variety of bulk-scale hybrid materials with promising characteristics for a number of practical applications, such as gas storage and heterogeneous catalysis. Recently, so-called coordination polymers have emerged as a new class of hybrid nanomaterials. Herein, we highlight advances in the syntheses of both amorphous and crystalline nanoscale coordination polymers. We also illustrate how scaling down these materials to the nano-regime has enabled their use in a broad range of applications including catalysis, spin-crossover, templating, biosensing, biomedical imaging, and anticancer drug delivery. These results underscore the exciting opportunities of developing next-generation functional nanomaterials based on molecular components.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. wlin@unc.edu
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Rieter
authors.forename: Kathryn M L
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002384:Catalysis; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D053769:Nanocapsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D053769:Nanocapsules; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers