Nature Communications (May 2017)
Self-assembly of a supramolecular hexagram and a supramolecular pentagram
- Zhilong Jiang,
- Yiming Li,
- Ming Wang,
- Bo Song,
- Kun Wang,
- Mingyu Sun,
- Die Liu,
- Xiaohong Li,
- Jie Yuan,
- Mingzhao Chen,
- Yuan Guo,
- Xiaoyu Yang,
- Tong Zhang,
- Charles N. Moorefield,
- George R. Newkome,
- Bingqian Xu,
- Xiaopeng Li,
- Pingshan Wang
Affiliations
- Zhilong Jiang
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- Yiming Li
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- Ming Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
- Bo Song
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program, Texas State University
- Kun Wang
- Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
- Mingyu Sun
- Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
- Die Liu
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- Xiaohong Li
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
- Jie Yuan
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- Mingzhao Chen
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- Yuan Guo
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- Xiaoyu Yang
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- Tong Zhang
- Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
- Charles N. Moorefield
- Departments of Polymer Science and Chemistry, University of Akron
- George R. Newkome
- Departments of Polymer Science and Chemistry, University of Akron
- Bingqian Xu
- Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
- Xiaopeng Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program, Texas State University
- Pingshan Wang
- Department of Organic and Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15476
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Star motifs are ubiquitous throughout nature and in man-made architectures, but their molecular level design remains challenging. Here the authors present a stepwise approach to self-assemble pentagonal and hexagonal star-shaped metallo-architectures through the careful design of metallo-organic ligands.
