Cage

Monomer

Nanotechnology

Structural engineering

Surface modification

Engineering

Composite material

Hybrid material

Materials science

Silsesquioxane

Computer science

Chemical engineering

Polymer

Dalton Transactions

Cage-like silsesquioxanes are considered to be ideal and versatile building blocks of hybrid materials due to their unique structures and excellent performance. This Perspective highlights recent advances in the field of cage-like silsesquioxane-based hybrid materials, ranging from monomer functionalization and materials preparation to application. The existing issues are reviewed and the challenges and prospects in this field are also discussed for further development and exploitation.

Cage-like silsesquioxanes-based hybrid materials