Creative synthesis of organicinorganic molecular hybrid materials

Abstract

This manuscript describes a series of our research based on the concept of an organicinorganic molecular hybrid material. Homogeneous organicinorganic hybridization is accomplished by mixing organic components and inorganic ones at a molecular level. Based on the strategy, a great number of hybrid materials have been synthesized and brand-new properties have been developed. Organicinorganic hybrid materials insure the realization of the collaboration of organic features and inorganic features. We recently suggested a new concept of organicinorganic hybrid materials named 'element-blocks'. This concept provides the idea that an element-level design and combinations of the functional units can create innovative materials. Herein, we demonstrate synthetic methods and examples of the organicinorganic hybrid materials, and we introduce our recent work based on the concept of element-blocks.