Multifunctional Metal-Organic Gels Based on Low Molecular Weight N,O Donor Ligands

Abstract

This thesis primarily focuses on the synthesis and applications of novel metallogels. Since the discovery of metal-organic gel (metallogel) in late 1990s, these smart materials have been grabbing an increasing interest due to the wide variety of applications in multidisciplinary areas like biomedical, pharmaceutical, catalysis and batteries. Metallogels were discovered nearly 20 years back but their formation from low molecular weight gelators and library of gelators is still quite inadequate which is discussed in chapter 1.