title: Nanoscale spherical architectures fabricated by metal coordination of multiple dipyrrin moieties.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan. maedahir@se.ritsumei.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakimoto
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D011758:Pyrroles