Self-recognition in the coordination-driven self-assembly of three-dimensional M3L2 polyhedra.
[reaction: see text] Self-recognition in the coordination-driven self-assembly of three-dimensional (3-D) polyhedra is described. Multiple discrete 3-D polyhedra were formed in one vessel through the self-recognition of a mixture of subunits. The dynamic self-recognition process is determined by the information stored within the geometry and directionality of multiple rigid building blocks as well as the thermodynamic stability of the discrete products.
Yang
Hai-Bo
HB
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, RM 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Ghosh
Koushik
K
Northrop
Brian H
BH
Stang
Peter J
PJ
D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization