Spontaneously aggregated chiral nanostructures from achiral tripod-terpyridine.
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.
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Xiaorong
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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.
Li
Qikai
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Li
Yuliang
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Wang
Ning
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Song
Yabin
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Liu
Xiaofeng
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Yuan
Mingjian
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Xu
Wei
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Liu
Huibiao
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Wang
Shu
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Shuai
Zhigang
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Zhu
Daoben
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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*
D008024:Ligands; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; D012834:Silver