Calixarenes and pillarenes on surfaces

Abstract

The present chapter reports on recent developments of calixarenes and pillarenes (or pillar[n]arenes) on the surfaces of a variety of different nanoparticles (i.e., gold, silver, quantum dots, Fe3O4, TiO2, Pt, Pd, and Ru), electrodes, devices, porous materials (i.e., mesoporous silica and metal-organic frameworks), and carbon materials. Compared with traditional hybrid materials, these hybrid organic-inorganic nanosystems take advantage of molecular recognition of calixarenes and pillarenes towards guests for the fabrication of nanodevices of nano-micro sizes with optical, mechanical, electrical, catalytic and electrochemical properties. Their splendid applications in recognition, stabilization, self-assembly, dispersion, electrode, controlled drug release, separation and absorption will be covered in this chapter.