Gold metallacages: Design principles and applications
- Author(s)
- Sophie R. Thomas, Nina Willnhammer, Angela Casini, Guillermo Moreno-Alcántar
- Abstract
Metallacages (MCgs) are three-dimensional (3D)-supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs) obtained by the self-assembly of metal ions with donor ligands, which are arranged to delimit a cavity. Recently, the number of structural studies using gold ions in the construction of metallacages and the first efforts to design these systems for diverse applications have shed light on the potential of gold MCgs to become useful supramolecular systems in sensing and separation, catalysis, and medicine. This work critically revises the design principles of gold MCgs and their early applications, highlighting the main challenges and opportunities for developing functional assemblies.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- External organisation(s)
- Technische Universität München
- Journal
- Chem
- Volume
- 11
- ISSN
- 2451-9308
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102502
- Publication date
- 06-2025
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 104003 Inorganic chemistry, 205019 Material sciences
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry, Biochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, General Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, medical, Materials Chemistry
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/3dcb5962-9568-4345-9fc4-c76fe71acb7a