Recent Advances in Supramolecular Gels and Catalysis |
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| Authors: | Dr. Weiwei Fang Yang Zhang Jiajie Wu Cong Liu Dr. Haibo Zhu Prof. Dr. Tao Tu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;2. School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, China;3. State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | heterogeneous catalysis gels self-assembly soft materials supramolecular chemistry |
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