Nanoscale spherical architectures fabricated by metal coordination of multiple dipyrrin moieties.
Phenylethynyl-bridged dipyrrin "dimers" have performed ZnII complexation to give coordination polymers, which provided the fluorescent colloidal spherical objects in solution as well as on the substrate according to the spacer units. Using a mixture of THF and water, unique morphologies, such as bell-shaped and "golf ball"-like architectures, were observed.
Maeda
Hiromitsu
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Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan. maedahir@se.ritsumei.ac.jp
Hasegawa
Masahiro
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Hashimoto
Takashi
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Kakimoto
Takuya
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Nishio
Satoru
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Nakanishi
Takashi
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D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D053758:Nanoparticles; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry*; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
D008670:Metals; D011758:Pyrroles