Creative Synthesis of Organic–Inorganic Molecular Hybrid Materials

• Published in: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 463 - 474
• Main Authors: Gon, Masayuki, Tanaka, Kazuo, Chujo, Yoshiki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Chemical Society of Japan 01.01.2017; Chemical Society of Japan
• Series: The Chemical Society of Japan Award for 2015
• Subjects: Chemical synthesis; Fascinating Molecules and Reactions; Functional materials; Sol-gel processes
• ISSN: 0009-2673; 1348-0634
• DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20170005

This manuscript describes a series of our research based on the concept of an organic–inorganic molecular hybrid material. Homogeneous organic–inorganic 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. Organic–inorganic hybrid materials insure the realization of the collaboration of organic features and inorganic features. We recently suggested a new concept of organic–inorganic 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 organic–inorganic hybrid materials, and we introduce our recent work based on the concept of element-blocks.