Nature Communications (May 2017)

Ultra-large supramolecular coordination cages composed of endohedral Archimedean and Platonic bodies

  • Kevin Byrne,
  • Muhammad Zubair,
  • Nianyong Zhu,
  • Xiao-Ping Zhou,
  • Daniel S. Fox,
  • Hongzhou Zhang,
  • Brendan Twamley,
  • Matthew J. Lennox,
  • Tina Düren,
  • Wolfgang Schmitt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15268
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Host–guest chemistry in hollow coordination cages can be exploited for a range of applications, but is often limited by inner cavity dimensions. Here, Schmitt and co-workers fabricate supramolecular keplerates that possess ultra-large cross-sectional diameters and are composed of multiple sub-cages.