Abstract Host–guest interactions mediate many chemical and biochemical transformations and are extensively exploited in a number of industrially-relevant chemical processes. Many porous inorganic (e.g., zeolite) and molecular (e.g., metal-organic framework) hosts engage reagents in their environment through selective host–guest interactions. While researchers frequently capitalize on host–guest interactions to sequester chemical species or to catalyze reactions, these interactions can also be used to direct nanomaterial synthesis. In this Perspective we highlight the promise and opportunities for harnessing host–guest interactions to control the structure and dimensionality of materials. We focus our discussion on emerging strategies in soft chemistry and promising new directions which use porous ionic solids to direct the growth of complex nanoscale dimers and Janus nanoparticles.

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利用主客体相互作用来控制纳米尺度的结构

摘要 主客体相互作用介导了许多化学和生化转化，并在许多与工业相关的化学过程中被广泛利用。许多多孔无机（例如沸石）和分子（例如金属-有机骨架）主体通过选择性的主体-客体相互作用与环境中的试剂结合。虽然研究人员经常利用主客体相互作用来隔离化学物质或催化反应，但这些相互作用也可用于指导纳米材料合成。在这个视角中，我们强调了利用主客交互来控制材料的结构和维度的前景和机会。