Crystal structure, dissolution, and deposition of a 5 nm functionalized metal-organic great rhombicuboctahedron.
A metal-organic great rhombicuboctahedron (termed MOP-18) was functionalized with extended alkyl chains and crystallized. It has 12 rigid square-shaped Cu2(CO2)4 paddle-wheel building units and 24 5-dodecoxybenzene-1,3-dicarboxylate links. MOP-18 is soluble in a variety of organic solvents, such as tetrahydrofuran, chloroform, and toluene, which enabled its assembly on graphite substrate and its observation by scanning tunneling microscopy.
Furukawa
Hiroyasu
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Reticular Materials Research at the California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. furukawa@chem.ucla.edu
Kim
Jaheon
J
Plass
Katherine E
KE
Yaghi
Omar M
OM
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D012995:Solubility; D013499:Surface Properties
C522606:MOP-18 compound; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D006108:Graphite