Issue 5, 2016

Transformable nanostructures of cholesteryl-containing rhomboidal metallacycles through hierarchical self-assembly

Abstract

The precise morphological control of supramolecular structures is of pivotal importance in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. We describe herein a successful example of transformable nanostructures from cholesteryl-containing rhomboidal metallacycles. Various interesting nanostructures such as flowers and tadpole shaped structures were successfully obtained through the hierarchical self-assembly of two well-defined rhomboidal metallacycles prepared by coordination-driven self-assembly. Variation of the linker structure and solvent composition was found to trigger such drastic morphological changes of aggregates as revealed by microscopy studies.

Graphical abstract: Transformable nanostructures of cholesteryl-containing rhomboidal metallacycles through hierarchical self-assembly

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
14 Qun 2016
Accepted
25 Nah 2016
First published
01 Cig 2016

Org. Chem. Front., 2016,3, 579-587

Transformable nanostructures of cholesteryl-containing rhomboidal metallacycles through hierarchical self-assembly

L. Chen, B. Jiang and H. Yang, Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 579 DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00017G

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