title: Spontaneously aggregated chiral nanostructures from achiral tripod-terpyridine.
abstract: A chiral tripod-terpyridine ligand is known to coordinate with Ag+. These complexes self-assemble into chiral aggregates at room temperature. Molecular dynamic simulation reveals the cooperation of tripodal ligand structures with Ag(I) cations, which leads to the formation of helical aggregations, thus the chirality.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaorong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Qikai
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yabin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mingjian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Huibiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shuai
authors.forename: Daoben
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; D012834:Silver