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The Design and Generation of Inorganic Cylindrical Cage Architectures by Metal‐Ion‐Directed Multicomponent Self‐Assembly
Author(s) -
Baxter Paul N. W.,
Lehn JeanMarie,
Baum Gerhard,
Fenske Dieter
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19990104)5:1<102::aid-chem102>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - ion , crystallography , copper , self assembly , metal , chemistry , cage , metal ions in aqueous solution , materials science , nanotechnology , mathematics , organic chemistry , combinatorics
The multicomponent self‐assembly of ditopic linear ligands, circular ligands and copper( I ) or silver( I ) ions leads to the exclusive formation of a series of cylindrical inorganic architectures containing an internal cavity whose height may be modulated by the nature of the ligands used (see picture: 1 : 20 Å; 2 : 33 Å). The same reactions with tritopic and tetratopic linear ligands and circular tritopic ligands generates tri‐ ( 3 ) and tetracompartmental ( 4 ) cylindrical architectures of nanometric size in one stroke by a process involving the spontaneous positioning of up to 19 particles and the formation of up to 48 coordination bonds.