title: Crystal structure, dissolution, and deposition of a 5 nm functionalized metal-organic great rhombicuboctahedron.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Jaheon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Plass
authors.forename: Omar M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Yaghi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: C522606:MOP-18 compound; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D006108:Graphite