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Cover Picture: Organic and Organometallic Nanofibers Formed by Supramolecular Assembly of Diamond‐Shaped Macrocyclic Ligands and Pd II Complexes (Chem. Asian J. 7/2013)
Author(s) -
Kuritani Masumi,
Tashiro Shohei,
Shionoya Mitsuhiko
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201390020
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , nanofiber , cover (algebra) , palladium , polymer chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , crystallography , micrometer , group 2 organometallic chemistry , chemistry , molecule , crystal structure , organic chemistry , optics , catalysis , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Stackable metallomacrocycles can form supramolecular micrometer‐long metallo‐fibers or ‐tubes, thus providing novel structural motifs for supramolecular architectures. In their Communication on page 1368 ff., Mitsuhiko Shionoya et al. report the formation of organic and organometallic fibrous aggregates by the assembly of diamond‐shaped macrocyclic ligands and their palladium complexes, respectively, as revealed by AFM, TEM, NMR, and UV/Vis measurements. In the Cover picture, the stacked structure of bis(cyclopalladated) macrocycles is expressed as a “supramolecular dragon” taking a moonlight swim.