Cage-like silsesquioxanes-based hybrid materials.

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.