Journal article
Cover Picture: Engineering Multifunctional Capsules through the Assembly of Metal–Phenolic Networks (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 22/2014)
Junling Guo, Yuan Ping, Hirotaka Ejima, Karen Alt, Mirko Meissner, Joseph J Richardson, Yan Yan, Karlheinz Peter, Dominik von Elverfeldt, Christoph E Hagemeyer, Frank Caruso
Angewandte Chemie International Edition | Wiley | Published : 2014
Abstract
Multifunctional capsules were assembled through interactions between metal ions and a single organic ligand. In their Communication on page 5546 ff., F. Caruso et al. show that a common phenolic plant compound, tannic acid, can be used to coordinate a variety of metals, yielding a library of metal–phenolic network (MPN) capsules. The functional properties of the MPN capsule are determined by the coordinated metals and can be tailored for various applications.