A chiral luminescent Au16 ring self-assembled from achiral components.
A luminescent supramolecular chiral Au16 ring with 4.822 nm perimeter that self-assembled from a tetrameric array of achiral Au2 units is described. Intra- and intermolecular Au...Au interactions play an important role in directing its chiral self-assembly.
Yu
Shu-Yan
SY
State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China. syu@iccas.ac.cn
Zhang
Zhong-Xing
ZX
Cheng
Eddie Chung-Chin
EC
Li
Yi-Zhi
YZ
Yam
Vivian Wing-Wah
VW
Huang
Hai-Ping
HP
Zhang
Rongben
R