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Author Spotlight: Exploring Self-Assembled MOF-Polymer Composites
Published on: June 14, 2024
Conformation-Driven Self-Assembly: From a 1D Metal-Organic Polymer to an Infinite Double Nanotube
Hui Xue1, Junze Cao1, Liang Zhao1
1Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Rare Earth Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.
Abstract:
A novel conformation-driven self-assembly system from a one-dimensional polymer to a metal-organic double nanotube has been developed. DFT calculations indicate that the double nanotube with a syn-conformation of ligands is a thermodynamically favored stable product than a one-dimensional polymer. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of the infinite metal-organic double nanotube. In addition, a discrete M6L8-type cage has also been in situ self-assembled from rationally selected building blocks.
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