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Cover Picture: Finite, Spherical Coordination Networks that Self‐Organize from 36 Small Components (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42/2004)
Author(s) -
Tominaga Masahide,
Suzuki Keisuke,
Kawano Masaki,
Kusukawa Takahiro,
Ozeki Tomoji,
Sakamoto Shigeru,
Yamaguchi Kentaro,
Fujita Makoto
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200490146
Subject(s) - bent molecular geometry , cover (algebra) , crystallography , self assembly , polar , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , spheres , chemistry , crystal structure , nanotechnology , physics , engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , astronomy
Molecular spheres can be readily formed. The cover picture shows the crystal structure of a spherical complex that spontaneously forms from 36 small components (12 Pd 2+ ions and 24 bent ligands). In their Communication on page 5621 ff., M. Fujita and co‐workers describe the self‐assembly of this almost 4‐nm diameter hollow complex which is soluble in polar media and stable under STM and CSI‐MS conditions. The functionalization of its periphery with fullerenes or porphyrins is also described. (The graphics were prepared by Dr. Akito Hori.)