Metal–organic gels: recent advances in their classification, characterization, and application in the pharmaceutical field

Abstract

MOGs are a kind of functional soft substance with a three-dimensional (3D) network structure and solid-like rheological behavior which are constructed by metal ions and bridging ligands formed under the...

An Encyclopedic Compendium on Chemosensing Supramolecular Metal‐Organic Gels

“…[4,5] Researchers have explored various aspects of metal-organic gel research, [6] covering topics such as supramolecular metallogels with steroidal functionalities, [7] anion or metal binding capabilities, [8] or metallogels based on europium(III) and terbium(III) metals, [9] design and applications of coordination-driven polymeric gels, [10] the transition from discrete metallogelators to coordination polymers, ways for converting metal-organic frameworks to gels, [11] the self-assembly of metal-organic complexes to create soft materials with diverse superstructures [12] and the recent developments [10,[13][14][15] in material science, [16,17] environmental, [18] defense, [19] electrochemistry [20] or bio-applications, [21,22] especially in the pharmaceutical field. [23] Although, each review with a different angle had a unique focus or emphasis. However, with a focus on metal-based supramolecular gelators, recognition has not been a prominent theme.…”