Next generation supramolecular frameworks

本项目旨在制备由氢键或卤键组装的新型超分子骨架。预计这项工作将增加对超分子自组装过程和这些可重复系统中可能的动态过程的基本理解。该项目旨在准备一系列相关的框架，这将允许详细比较新的超分子材料的稳定性，多孔性和生物技术适用性。预期的成果是开发轻质和良性的有机系统，这些系统将应用于从水中去除有毒的有机和重金属污染物，以及催化活性酶的封装和稳定。

This project aims to prepare new supramolecular frameworks assembled by hydrogen or halogen bonds. It is anticipated that this work will increase fundamental understanding of supramolecular self-assembly processes and the dynamic processes that are possible within these rearrangeable systems. The project aims to prepare a family of related frameworks, which will allow a detailed comparison of the stability, porosity and biotechnological applicability of new supramolecular materials. The expected outcomes are the development of lightweight and benign organic systems that will have applications in the removal of toxic organic and heavy metal pollutants from water, and in the encapsulation and stabilisation of catalytically-active enzymes.