Self-assembly of polycyclic supramolecules using linear metal-organic ligands

Bo Song; Sneha Kandapal; Jiali Gu; Keren Zhang; Alex Reese; Yuanfang Ying; Lei Wang; Heng Wang; Yiming Li; Ming Wang; Shuai Lu; Xin-Qi Hao; Xiaohong Li; Bingqian Xu; Xiaopeng Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07045-9

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Self-assembly of polycyclic supramolecules using linear metal-organic ligands

Bo Song,
Sneha Kandapal,
Jiali Gu,
Keren Zhang,
Alex Reese,
Yuanfang Ying,
Lei Wang,
Heng Wang,
Yiming Li,
Ming Wang,
Shuai Lu,
Xin-Qi Hao,
Xiaohong Li,
Bingqian Xu,
Xiaopeng Li

Affiliations

Bo Song: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Sneha Kandapal: Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
Jiali Gu: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
Keren Zhang: Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
Alex Reese: Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
Yuanfang Ying: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University
Lei Wang: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Heng Wang: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Yiming Li: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Ming Wang: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun
Shuai Lu: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
Xin-Qi Hao: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University
Xiaohong Li: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
Bingqian Xu: Single Molecule Study Laboratory, College of Engineering and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia
Xiaopeng Li: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07045-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Coordination-driven supramolecular assembly provides the ability to build molecular architectures of impressive complexity. Here, the authors use a series of linear metal-organic ligands with specific sequences to construct multiple generations of precisely-controlled, 2D fractal polycyclic supramolecules.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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