Controlled synthesis of nanoscopic metal cages

Ferrando-Soria, Jesus; Fernandez-Mato, Antonio; Pineda, Eufemio Moreno; Varey, Sarah A; Adams, Ralph W; Vitorica-Yrezabal, Inigo J; Tuna, Floriana; Timco, Grigore A; Muryn, Christopher A; Winpenny, Richard EP

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Controlled synthesis of nanoscopic metal cages

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posted on 13.11.2020, 14:09 by Jesus Ferrando-Soria, Antonio Fernandez-MatoAntonio Fernandez-Mato, Eufemio Moreno Pineda, Sarah A Varey, Ralph W Adams, Inigo J Vitorica-Yrezabal, Floriana Tuna, Grigore A Timco, Christopher A Muryn, Richard EP Winpenny

Here we show an elegant and general route to the assembly of a giant {M₁₂C₂₄} cage from 12 palladium ions (M) and 24 heterometallic octanuclear coordination cages (C = {Cr₇Ni-Py₂}). The molecule is 8 nm in size, and the methods for its synthesis and characterization provide a basis for future developments at this scale.

Funding

A modular approach to multi-component molecular assemblies

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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European Commission (Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships to J.F.-S. (622659) and A.F. (300402))

Panamanian agency SENACYT-IFARHU

Core Capability for Chemistry Research: University of Manchester

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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History

School

Science

Department

Chemistry

Published in

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volume

137

Issue

24

Pages

7644 - 7647

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Version

VoR (Version of Record)

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by the American Chemical Society under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/