Engineering Multifunctional Capsules through the Assembly of Metal–Phenolic Networks

Metal-organic coordination materials are of widespread interest because of the coupled benefits of inorganic and organic building blocks. These materials can be assembled into hollow capsules with a range of properties, which include selective permeability, enhanced mechanical/thermal stability, and stimuli-responsiveness. Previous studies have primarily focused on the assembly aspects of metal-coordination capsules; however, the engineering of metal-specific functionality for capsule design has not been explored. A library of functional metal-phenolic network (MPN) capsules prepared from a phenolic ligand (tannic acid) and a range of metals is reported. The properties of the MPN capsules are determined by the…

• DF
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

  Award: Al 1521/1-1
• UO
  University of Melbourne
• SG
  State Government of Victoria
• SU
  Sichuan University
• MR
  Medical Research Council
• NH
  National Health and Medical Research Council

  Awards: FT0992210, 1029249