TY - JOUR
T1 - Metal-organic molecular cages
T2 - Applications of biochemical implications
AU - Ahmad, Nazir
AU - Younus, Hussein A.
AU - Chughtai, Adeel H.
AU - Verpoort, Francis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015.
PY - 2015/1/7
Y1 - 2015/1/7
N2 - New well-designed materials are highly demanded with the prospect of versatile properties, offering successful applications as alternates to conventional materials. Major new insights into metal-organic self-assembled structures assisting biochemical purposes have recently emerged. Metal-organic polyhedral cages are highlighted as new research materials to be used for therapeutic, sensing and imaging, purposes etc. This tutorial review covers achievements in the biochemical applications of these multinuclear complexes. Examples of their ability to aid the ionic transport, biomolecular sensing, imaging, and drug delivery are presented.
AB - New well-designed materials are highly demanded with the prospect of versatile properties, offering successful applications as alternates to conventional materials. Major new insights into metal-organic self-assembled structures assisting biochemical purposes have recently emerged. Metal-organic polyhedral cages are highlighted as new research materials to be used for therapeutic, sensing and imaging, purposes etc. This tutorial review covers achievements in the biochemical applications of these multinuclear complexes. Examples of their ability to aid the ionic transport, biomolecular sensing, imaging, and drug delivery are presented.
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U2 - 10.1039/c4cs00222a
DO - 10.1039/c4cs00222a
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25319756
AN - SCOPUS:84916899441
SN - 0306-0012
VL - 44
SP - 9
EP - 25
JO - Chemical Society Reviews
JF - Chemical Society Reviews
IS - 1
ER -