The paramount progress in the field of organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials was stimulated by numerous applications in chemistry, physics, life sciences, medicine, and technology. Currently, in the field of hybrid materials, researchers may choose either to mimic complex natural materials or to compete with nature by constructing new artificial materials. The deep mechanistic understanding and structural insight achieved in recent years will guide a new wave in the design of hybrid materials at the atomic and molecular levels.
Keywords: bioconjugation; biomacromolecules; catalysis; hybrid materials; nanocomposite; nanomaterials; nanoparticles; nanosalts; organic synthesis; polymers; self-assembling; self-organization.