Issue 2, 2022

Water-soluble and dispersible porous organic polymers: preparation, functions and applications

Abstract

Porous organic polymers (POPs) have attracted increasing attention and emerged as a new research area in polymer chemistry. During the past decade, the intense desirability for application in aqueous scenarios has spawned the development of a specific class of POPs, i.e., water-soluble or dispersible porous organic polymers (WS-POPs) that can allow the implementation of porosity-based functions in aqueous media. In this Tutorial Review, aiming at providing a practical guide to this area, we will discuss recent advances in the preparation of WS-POPs through covalent/dynamic covalent, coordination and supramolecular approaches. As a result of their intrinsic and well-defined porosity, diverse topological architectures as well as unique water-processable features, many water-soluble/dispersible POPs have been demonstrated to exhibit potential for various applications, which include drug, DNA and protein delivery, bioimaging, photocatalysis, explosive detection and membrane separation. We will also highlight the related function of the representative structures. Finally, we provide our perspective for the future research, with a focus on the development of new structures and biofunctions.

Graphical abstract: Water-soluble and dispersible porous organic polymers: preparation, functions and applications

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
24 Sept. 2021
First published
21 Dec. 2021

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022,51, 434-449

Water-soluble and dispersible porous organic polymers: preparation, functions and applications

S. Yu, F. Lin, J. Tian, J. Yu, D. Zhang and Z. Li, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 434 DOI: 10.1039/D1CS00862E

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