Gold nanocluster confined within a cage: template-directed formation of a hexaporphyrin cage and its confinement capability.
A novel container complex in which a 1.4 nm gold cluster is confined within a hexaporphyrin cage was synthesized; the cage showed notable confinement capability for the cluster core, but allowed the interpenetration of small molecules into the interstitial space.
Inomata
Tomohiko
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PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, North 10 West 5, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
Konishi
Katsuaki
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