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This review explores interlocked supramolecular cages, focusing on metal-mediated dimers. These structures offer unique guest encapsulation, allosteric binding, and stimuli-responsive properties for advanced materials.

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  • Materials Science

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  • Interlocked supramolecular cages represent advanced self-assembled architectures.
  • Understanding their design and synthesis is crucial for developing functional materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review design strategies, synthetic challenges, and functional properties of interlocked supramolecular cages.
  • To highlight metal-mediated dimers and their unique topological features.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of factors influencing interpenetration (ligand geometry, metal coordination, solvent effects).
  • Focus on discrete coordination architectures, particularly metal-mediated dimers ([M4L8] cages).

Main Results:

  • Banana-shaped bis-pyridyl ligands and square-planar metal cations enable construction of interpenetrated double-cages.
  • These cages exhibit a linear arrangement of three mechanically coupled pockets.
  • Demonstrated allosteric binding, template-controlled selectivity, and stimuli-responsive guest encapsulation.

Conclusions:

  • Interlocked supramolecular cages offer tunable host-guest chemistry.
  • Potential applications include intelligent receptors, catalytic systems, and functional materials.