title: Metal-organic molecular cages: applications of biochemical implications.
abstract: New well-designed materials are highly demanded with the prospect of versatile properties, offering successful applications as alternates to conventional materials. Major new insights into metal-organic self-assembled structures assisting biochemical purposes have recently emerged. Metal-organic polyhedral cages are highlighted as new research materials to be used for therapeutic, sensing and imaging, purposes etc. This tutorial review covers achievements in the biochemical applications of these multinuclear complexes. Examples of their ability to aid the ionic transport, biomolecular sensing, imaging, and drug delivery are presented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organometallics, Catalysis and Ordered Materials, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Center for Chemical and Material Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China. Francis.verpoort@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Nazir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Hussein A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Younus
authors.forename: Adeel H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Chughtai
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verpoort
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D017136:Ion Transport; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D004337:Drug Carriers; D009942:Organometallic Compounds