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Archimedean solids: transition metal mediated rational self-assembly of supramolecular-truncated tetrahedra
S Leininger1, J Fan, M Schmitz
1Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Abstract:
A family of nanoscale-sized supramolecular cage compounds with a polyhedral framework is prepared by self-assembly from tritopic building blocks and rectangular corner units via noncovalent coordination interactions. These highly symmetrical cage compounds are described as face-directed, self-assembled truncated tetrahedra with T(d) symmetry.