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Symmetry‐Based Metal Complex Cluster Formation
Author(s) -
Beissel Thomas,
Powers Ryan E.,
Raymond Kenneth N.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199610841
Subject(s) - cooperativity , cluster (spacecraft) , symmetry (geometry) , component (thermodynamics) , crystallography , metal , coordination number , chemical physics , physics , materials science , chemistry , mathematics , geometry , computer science , quantum mechanics , ion , metallurgy , biochemistry , programming language
As deduced from Nature , the principle of symmetry‐driven self‐assembly, based on incommensurate coordination numbers, is employed to design clusters using metal coordination as the driving force. The ten‐component cluster on the right demonstrates the predicted cooperativity in cluster formation.