title: Nanoassembly of a fractal polymer: a molecular "Sierpinski hexagonal gasket".
abstract: Mathematics and art converge in the fractal forms that also abound in nature. We used molecular self-assembly to create a synthetic, nanometer-scale, Sierpinski hexagonal gasket. This nondendritic, perfectly self-similar fractal macromolecule is composed of bis-terpyridine building blocks that are bound together by coordination to 36 Ru and 6 Fe ions to form a nearly planar array of increasingly larger hexagons around a hollow center.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4717, USA. newkome@uakron.edu
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Newkome
authors.forename: Pingshan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Charles N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Moorefield
authors.forename: Tae Joon
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Prabhu P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Mohapatra
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Seok-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Olena
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lukoyanova
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Echegoyen
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Palagallo
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Iancu
authors.forename: Saw-Wai
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hla