Editing Polycatenane (section)

=== Applications ===
Given that polycatenanes are a relatively recent field of study, the properties of these materials are not yet fully explored and understood.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hart |first1=Laura F. |last2=Hertzog |first2=Jerald E. |last3=Rauscher |first3=Phillip M. |last4=Rawe |first4=Benjamin W. |last5=Tranquilli |first5=Marissa M. |last6=Rowan |first6=Stuart J. |date=2021-02-12 |title=Material properties and applications of mechanically interlocked polymers |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00278-z |journal=Nature Reviews Materials |volume=6 |issue=6 |pages=508–530 |doi=10.1038/s41578-021-00278-z |bibcode=2021NatRM...6..508H |osti=1812714 |s2cid=231905660 |issn=2058-8437}}</ref> The type of bonds that characterize the whole structure (covalent, non-covalent or mechanical bonds), the degree of mobility of the chain, the interactions between different chains and the fraction of voids of the catenanes are all factors that contribute to the final properties. As they can be strictly related to the family of [[Metal–organic framework|metal-organic frameworks]], the catenanes share all the potential applications of this class of compounds. Among these, there are applications in biomedicine, catalysis, as conducting bridges or in electronic devices, sensing or in recent fields like molecular machines.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Riebe |first1=Jan |last2=Niemeyer |first2=Jochen |date=2021-10-07 |title=Mechanically Interlocked Molecules for Biomedical Applications |journal=European Journal of Organic Chemistry |language=en |volume=2021 |issue=37 |pages=5106–5116 |doi=10.1002/ejoc.202100749 |issn=1434-193X |s2cid=238738743|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=van Dongen |first1=Stijn F. M. |last2=Cantekin |first2=Seda |last3=Elemans |first3=Johannes A. A. W. |last4=Rowan |first4=Alan E. |last5=Nolte |first5=Roeland J. M. |date=2014 |title=Functional interlocked systems |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cs60178a |journal=Chem. Soc. Rev. |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=99–122 |doi=10.1039/c3cs60178a |issn=0306-0012 |pmid=24071686 |s2cid=11174780|hdl=2066/128395 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Langton |first1=Matthew J. |last2=Beer |first2=Paul D. |date=2014-04-07 |title=Rotaxane and Catenane Host Structures for Sensing Charged Guest Species |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar500012a |journal=Accounts of Chemical Research |volume=47 |issue=7 |pages=1935–1949 |doi=10.1021/ar500012a |issn=0001-4842 |pmid=24708030|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Nicholas H. |last2=Beer |first2=Paul D. |date=2014 |title=Progress in the synthesis and exploitation of catenanes since the Millennium |url=http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=c4cs00029c |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |language=en |volume=43 |issue=13 |pages=4658–4683 |doi=10.1039/c4cs00029c |issn=0306-0012 |pmid=24676138|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Hongliang |last2=Fraser Stoddart |first2=J. |date=September 2021 |title=From molecular to supramolecular electronics |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-021-00302-2 |journal=Nature Reviews Materials |language=en |volume=6 |issue=9 |pages=804–828 |bibcode=2021NatRM...6..804C |doi=10.1038/s41578-021-00302-2 |issn=2058-8437 |s2cid=232766622|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Caballero |first1=Antonio |last2=Zapata |first2=Fabiola |last3=Beer |first3=Paul D. |date=September 2013 |title=Interlocked host molecules for anion recognition and sensing |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2013.01.016 |journal=Coordination Chemistry Reviews |volume=257 |issue=17–18 |pages=2434–2455 |doi=10.1016/j.ccr.2013.01.016 |issn=0010-8545|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aprahamian |first=Ivan |date=2020-03-03 |title=The Future of Molecular Machines |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.0c00064 |journal=ACS Central Science |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=347–358 |doi=10.1021/acscentsci.0c00064 |issn=2374-7943 |pmid=32232135 |pmc=7099591 |s2cid=214703064}}</ref>