Coordination-driven self-assembly can produce large, symmetrical, hollow cages that are synthetically easy to access. The functions provided by these aesthetically attractive structures provide a driving force for their development, enabling practical applications. For instance, cages have provided new methods of molecular recognition, chirality sensing, separations, stabilization of reactive species, and catalysis.

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通过子组件自组装的功能性胶囊

协调驱动的自组装可以生产大型，对称的中空笼子，这些笼子在合成上很容易够到。这些具有美学吸引力的结构所提供的功能为它们的发展提供了动力，从而可以进行实际应用。例如，笼子提供了分子识别，手性传感，分离，反应物种稳定和催化的新方法。