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Origami Inspired Self-assembly of Patterned and Reconfigurable Particles
Published on: February 4, 2013
Coordination-driven self-assembly of M10L8 metal-organic bi-capped square antiprisms with adaptable cavities
Xue-Zhi Wang1, Meng-Ying Sun1, Ji Zheng2
1College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P. R. China. zhouxp@stu.edu.cn danli@jnu.edu.cn and Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A family of polyhedral metal-imidazolate cages based on the flexible bi-imidazole ligand L and Cu2+ ions have been synthesized and characterized, featuring an unusual Cu10L8 bicapped square antiprism structure (or Johnson solids, J17) with an adaptable cavity. These metal-organic cages encapsulate anions, and they will expand or compress after they are filled with different-sized anions.

