Fabrication of Chiral Self-Sorted Multifunctional Supramolecular Biocoordination Polymers

Chiral supramolecules have great potential for use in chiral recognition, sensing, and catalysis.Particularly, chiral supramolecular biocoordination polymers \(SBCPs) provide a versatile platform for characterizing biorelated processes such as chirality transcription.Here, we selectively synthesize homochiral and heterochiral SBCPs, composed of a naphthalene diimide ligands and Zn ions, from enantiomeric and mixed R-and S-ligands, respectively.Notably, we nd that the chiral self-sorted SBCPs exhibit multifunctional properties including photochromic, photoluminescent, photoconductive, and chemiresistive characteristics, thus can be used for various sensors.Speci cally, these materials can be used for detecting a hazardous amine materials due to the electron transfer from hydrazine to the SBCP surface and for enentioselectively sensing the chiral species naproxen due to the different bindi…