Hierarchic patterning: architectures beyond 'giant molecular wheels'.
Based on symmetry breaking steps under one-pot conditions, simple molybdenum oxide-based building blocks initially assemble to 'giant molecular wheels' in a fast process followed by further slower assembly processes leading stepwise to more complex mesoscopic architectures including spherical ones and finally to those with a size larger than 500 nm.
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Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany. a.mueller@uni-bielefeld.de
Diemann
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Kuhlmann
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Serain
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Knöchel
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