Issue 22, 2021

Halogen bonding regulated functional nanomaterials

Abstract

Non-covalent interactions have gained increasing attention for use as a driving force to fabricate various supramolecular architectures, exhibiting great potential in crystal and materials engineering and supramolecular chemistry. As one of the most powerful non-covalent bonds, the halogen bond has recently received increasing attention in functional nanomaterial design. The present review describes the latest studies based on halogen bonding induced self-assembly and its applications. Due to the high directionality and controllable interaction strength, halogen bonding can provide a facile platform for the design and synthesis of a myriad of nanomaterials. In addition, both the fundamental aspects and the real engineering applications are discussed, which encompass molecular recognition and sensing, organocatalysis, and controllable multifunctional materials and surfaces.

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Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
25 Jun 2021
Accepted
22 Sep 2021
First published
23 Sep 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 6342-6357

Halogen bonding regulated functional nanomaterials

J. Zheng, A. Suwardi, C. J. E. Wong, X. J. Loh and Z. Li, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 6342 DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00485A

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