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- Heteroleptic metal-organic capsules have unique interior shapes that can selectively bind specific low-symmetry molecules important in biology and industry.
- The main challenge is achieving selective self-assembly of these complex structures, rather than ending up with multiple potential outcomes.
- The researchers propose a design strategy to create these architectures, successfully making triangular and tetragonal prism shapes by carefully matching the side lengths of their constituent ligands.
Article Abstract
Heteroleptic metal-organic capsules, which incorporate more than one type of ligand, can provide enclosed, anisotropic interior cavities for binding low-symmetry molecules of biological and industrial importance. However, the selective self-assembly of a single mixed-ligand architecture, as opposed to the numerous other possible self-assembly outcomes, remains a challenge. Here, we develop a design strategy for the subcomponent self-assembly of heteroleptic metal-organic architectures with anisotropic internal void spaces. ZnTetTri triangular prismatic and ZnTetTet' tetragonal prismatic architectures were prepared through careful matching of the side lengths of the tritopic (Tri) or tetratopic (Tet, Tet') and panels.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10910536 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c11320 | DOI Listing |
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