Metal-coordinated mechanically interlocked polymers
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Metal-coordinated mechanically interlocked polymers (MIPs) represent a distinct class of MIPs constructed through metal–ligand coordination. Owing to the inherent directionality, reversibility, and tunability of coordination bonds, metal-coordinated MIPs have been developed in diverse architectures. Within these systems, metal–ligand interactions play multiple roles, including serving as templates that facilitate the formation of mechanically interlocked architectures, linkers that connecting repeating units, and cross-linkers that establish dynamic network junctions. Furthermore, the investigations of various metal-coordinated MIPs have provided key insights into how embedding metal–ligand complexes and mechanical bonds within polymeric frameworks influences their mechanical, dynamic, and responsive properties. This review opens with an overview of metal-templated approaches for constructing mechanically interlocked molecules. It then delineated the structural classification of metal-coordinated MIPs, namely linear, branched or dendritic, and cross-linked architectures, thereby providing a comprehensive reference for future exploration and innovation in this emerging field.
Source: Coordination Chemistry Reviews
Institution: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Language: English
Subfield: Organic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,740
OpenAlex ID: W4416303707