Self-assembly of metal–ligand coordinated charged vesicles

This review compiles recent research and developments on the metal–ligand coordinated charged vesicles, focusing on the phase behavior, properties, microstructures, and vesicle-phases of metal–ligand complexation as templating preparation of inorganic nanoparticles. Moreover, the other kind of salt-free vesicles, constructed by the electrostatic interaction with zero-charged ones were simply also compared with those constructed by the metal–ligand coordinated complexes with charged molecular membranes in the properties, the phase behaviors, and the microstructures.